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When I attempt to boot Windows 98SE, it says "Starting Windows 98" and then it quickly flashes the boot screen and complains about a missing COMMAND.COM. When I use a boot disk, it says unreadible disk(unsure of exact wording, check tomorrow). I would appreciate help, and find a way to …

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Hi all, For the last couple of weeks my comp has been acting weird with my call waiting. It was fine and had no probs till then. Out of nowhere my comp would disconnect or web pages started lagging real bad or not be displayed. My first thought was its …

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Ok. One of the computers I'm working on has this virus (Trojan-Spy.HTML.smitfraud.c). The computer is running Windows 2000 professional. However, the problem I'm having is different (mostly) from everything I found when I searched this forum. What happens is this: Boots into Windows - Black screen with small blue rectangle …

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Hello all. I'm actually trying to get a resolution for my buddy in teh Army because well, his windows wont start. It started today. Okk, He was downloading some songs last night and they finished. BTW, he did not DL any driver updates or software updates. Nothing like that. Whe …

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hi, my computer has recently been extremely slow and i am having trouble finding what is wrong with it..i have ran spy bot and ad-aware..but it does not seem to be working..it is taking upwards of five minutes to open my home page, please help here is the log: Logfile …

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I have no idea why, but after I leave my computer for about 15 or 20 minutes, the screen freezes. The screen goes black with 3 groups of skinny, close-together vertical white lines. The lights on my computer are still green and not orange, so it hasn't shut itself down. …

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Hello, I am trying to fix a problem that my friend is having at he's work. The problem is none of the computer have administrator privilages, which is normal. But the anti-virus can't update it definition files, unless it open windows installer. But if we enable windows installer, then people …

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Hi, So far nobody seems to be able to answer this question, including the microsoft forums :( My problem is when I install the web admin for WMS, I get an error: "The instruction at 0x57f42f06 referenced memory at 0x5a11302c. The memory could not be read. Click Ok to terminate …

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Ok my problem is that advertisement popups appear in my desktop. I've tried spybot and adaware. I also deleted some suspicious files. I think that there are 2 separate popup programs because I used to have only popups at startup of the pc and once I closed the popups, they …

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I have Windows XP on my computer and everytime I try to open a folder, my files don't come up - a new search window opens and tries to search for the folder. I can still right click on the folder and click open to see my files, but it's …

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Is there anything wrong? I don't know what to delete. ------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:31:17 PM, on 7/29/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe C:\Program …

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I recently had a problem with spyware and had to have my system fixed. Prior to the problem, I had a Netgear wireless router connected to my computer with a connection to my daughter's computer. Presently, my daughter can access the internet, but I cannot. When I check the Network …

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Hello again, When is it appropiate to send personal messages or e-mails to someone? I posted a question in a forum and was answered but they needed some more info. I got an e-mail letting me know that person replyed to my question. I went to the link and read …

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How can i change my XP boot screen and also the blue 'Startup' and 'Shutting down' blue screens. Thanks :D

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trojan small dropper something is the virus attached to this file. I have a virus in the above file... I have no idea what that is. Can I delete the file? It is not cleanable, but don't want to delete and screw anything else up. Thanks!

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Hi guys, My computer has been acting a little strange lately. I've tried installing norton corp. edition and it does not install. My business card designer plus program opens then closes after 5 seconds, it works fine on other computers. I've been scanning the forum for things to try. Not …

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Hi, I'm hoping to find some help to remove popups that constantly appear whenever an Internet browser is active. They pop up on IE, even though I am using Firefox, and they are always from adyieldmanager.com, sometimes redirecting elsewhere. Additionally, I get a lot of dialog box popups asking me …

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It all started with that damned download.Trojan that infected files in the windows folder, I beated it with a stick out of my computer (( Norton, AVG )) and then did some scans with Ad-Aware and Spybot. So far everything was fine, but then my computer got a little slower, …

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I have a VB6 application that works with Oracle database. When I execute this application on Windows XP SP2 machine, the moment the application tries to establish connection with Oracle, the CPU usage goes to 100% and the application comes back in close to 3-4 hrs. The application finally launches …

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Well, after downloading something and getting a huge barrage of spyware and an attempted backdoor virus, most is cleaned up, except I keep getting random pop ups when i'm not on the internet. My Web browser is Firefox just for a side note. I deleted all the programs that automatically …

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Hi, I've seen many people with the same problem and am hoping someone can help me out. My Hijackthis log can be found below: (Thanks in advance!) Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:17:19 AM, on 7/5/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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I got the dreaded Hacktool.rootkit. I think it shows up as phqghu.exe in my System32 folder. I'm running XP SP1. I tried Norton '05, Panda Active Scan, RootkitRevealer, and TrendMicro. What do I do? Be patient... I'm a rookie. Below is my HJT log (my apologies if I'm doing this …

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I am having problems opening up internet explorer I click on the icon and about 5 minutes later I get them to open up, If I click it 10X then 10 of them will open 5 minutes later. I am also having pop-ups etc. I have run Ad-aware 6.1 and …

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I also have hot offers, but i've tried all of your solutions you gave other people, but it doesnt work for me. im thinking its different for different people? anyway, can someone please help me get rid of hotoffer?!

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[QUOTE]The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x80581e21, 0xba318bd8, 0x00000000). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini080804-01.dmp. [/QUOTE] I also have that same stop code, but I dont have an audigy card, I use the original nForce chipset sound. I ran the RAM test that was …

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When ever I connect to the internet and open up IE a random pop up comes up and I just want to get rid of them. Heres my log, thanks for any help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 07:35:21, on 11/07/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: …

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First off, hello. To start, I am an avid Photoshop user, and have been for the pst 4-5 months. A couple of weeks ago, I deleted alot of my games etc on my computer to save space and such. 2 Days ago, when I tried to open photoshop, it says …

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When I log-in under my id and in a Konsole type:- [ian@turnbui ian]$ smbclient -N -L NICK -I 192.168.1.2 -W WORKGROUP the command works fine. However the same command is spawn'd by Xsmbrowser yet it fails with the fllowing from Win-XP:- Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS ACCESS_DENIED "spawn exports the …

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My computer turns on and most of the time it makes a weird beep/clicking noise while starting up, then I get an error message saying " primary hard disk 1 not found" and it asks me to retry boot...sometimes I start it up and it works just fine but then …

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Hi. My problem is: Can't open system properties in control panel, as long as connections and windows firewall properties. Also, can't run itunes, i click on it and nothing happens, can't run system restore (only through safe mode), when i shut down pc, i get a message saying that in …

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windows xp home ntfs. Dell machine, no matter how many files we delete, empty recycle bin, it refuses to download even the smallest file saying the disk is full. The logical disk manager and My computer both say there is zero disk space available on the 70 gig drive. There …

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Hi, this is an emergency. my cousin had an old computer. his harddrive storages is only 8000mb. he had windows98 when he first got it. now he wants to install windows xp on that pc. but it got lots errors. finally i got to the point where its installin. but …

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My place of employment would like me to block the windows games from people’s computers due to them playing while there are calls waiting to be answered. I have tried setting the group policy for their group using "Do not run specified windows applications" and adding the appropriate information. But …

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Is there a way to map a [B]subdirectory[/B] of a local drive to a share on a file server? Ideally, I'd like to have something like: D:\ACCOUNTING map to //server/accounting D:\PROJECTS map to //server/projects D:\UTILITY map to //server/utility Is there such a thing as .DIR file that has the UNC …

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Hello everybody... I need help, I have asked my tech support and they doesn't seem to have a solution... :eek: I've bought a PC with an AMD 64 bits processor and a serial ATA hard disk, Windows XP SP1 installed. The problem is that most of the times it takes …

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I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe mobo, with windows XP. When I plug my game controller into the USB port, the controller lights up, but nothing happens. The "new hardware found" bubble doesnt come up, nothing. I installed the drivers off the cd it came with but it did …

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(Sorry if this isn't in the right forum. This one seemed appropriate.) I'm having some bad mouse lag while playing two games. Swat 4, and GTA: San Andreas. At first I had no idea what was the problem. But then in Swat 4, I turned Bump Map Detail off. And …

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Hi all. I've been having a problem that no one seems to be able to help out with. When resume from locking my computer I have about a 40-60 second hang before my icons/windows open up. I can see my background while this hang is happening and can move my …

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I've been looking via yahoo for sites on PSP modding, and unfortunately I've managed to pickup some viruses and spyware. They are generating many many popups whenever an internet connection is available, I don't even have a browser open and they generate. Please help me fix my labtop and rid …

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I guess the title explains my dilema. Everytime I pick up the phone the computer starts by itself. I have checked the phone connection going into the internal modem and it is plugged in correctly, I have not added any new hardware or software recently. All "Windows" updates have been …

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I have a message in the startpage that mentions a fatal error and the trojan-spy.html.smitfraud.c here is my hijackthis file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:14:32 PM, on 07/28/2005 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\PROGRAM …

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Hello, my problem is my internet dosent work anymore, and when i go into device manager theres no network adapter, and the devices that have a "!" in front of them are under an UNKNOWN tab. how do i fix this. By the way, this is on my other computer, …

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Hello All, I have a minor annoyance in My Computer. It seems that when I installed the drivers for one of my digital cameras a camera system file was also installed in my My Computer. When you left click, nothing happens. When you right click, all you get is an …

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Hello, new member here...looking for help in any form. I am trying to work with my mom and figure out what the problem with her computer is. It seems most of the trouble started with spybots and adware. She is running Win2K on a gateway PC. I have …

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Hello People, I am having a real strange problem. I have been working on a P-IV machine with Windows XP Professional for quite some time now. No, that’s not a problem. The problem is that since today morning, once windows has loaded, I just can’t start any application. Though the …

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I have an hp pavilion ze5185 laptop that wouldn't shut down. My operating system is Windows XP. When I go to 'start' to shut the computer down, I get the message "windows is saving your settings". Then I get the message "windows is shutting down". The problem is that the …

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Hiya, Does anyone know of linking Java with Fortran under Windows OS, preferably Windows XP? Can anyone give a short example including code? I have found pretty good examples of using Java-JNI-C/C++ works pretty well. I am using Dev-C++ compiler. I look forward to hearing from someone. Thx Rony

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