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i was wondering if anyone could tell me if it is possible to change the icons of windows 98 SE like you can ME and up. i have made shortcuts and changed them but that didn't work to well i managed getting rid of the arrow which makes it a …

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Well, I am back to work at the school and am in need of assistance. Location: English Rm OS: XP Business When I turn on the comptuer, I get an error message: (Check the pic) Any idea what this is a result of? I did just get rid of a …

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I just bought a new Compaq laptop (running windows XP home) from where I worked that I knew was having this problem before, and was supposedly fixed. It seems that just a single left click of the mouse on any desktop icon causes windows to think I clicked on it …

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I am trying to upload ie6, windows and eventually down load msn9 for work. I am using my cousin's pc....a hunk of trash emachine...that being said... I cannot do any of the above. When I reboot, the error message, mentioned in the title, pops up. When I try to update …

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Can't get some applets to load and run on my P.C. I have Java Runtime 1.4.2_05 and Virtual Machine 1.4.2_05b04. In Internet Options, Advanced Tab, I have Java (Sun) checked. Under the Connection Tab, LAN Setting, I have the Automatically Detect Setting checked. In the Java Plug-In Control Panel,Brouse Tab, …

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Hi all its a silly problem but the other day i opened ie-6 i have google as my start page so i can get straight to searching and when i type something into the google search box & then either click ( google search ) or hit the enter key …

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Well, after my res:// problem finished, I have got more problems in which I need help. I have Windows XP Service Pack 1, and a Toshiba Laptop. Problem: Well, after I used the 2 online virus scanners(trenmicro and panada virus scanner), norton anti-virus scan, ad-aware, spy-bot, about buster, and CWSheredder …

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Hi, Having just put my Windows 2000 drive onto a new motherboard and found it didn't work - and being unable to find any way to get it to do so, as it mysteriously wouldn't work any more on the old motherboard (it claimed a missing OS) - I am …

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Hi guys XP Pro SP 1 : Toshiba Sattelite 1.8 Ghz 256 RAM When I changed the settings to take away the log on password, the process created a new adminstrator (my wife's user account was the administrator) and on startup the computer start up on the new "blank" administrator …

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i downloaded a file off of (blankety blank) and double clicked. something happened and now whenever i use mozilla or ie i get a weird search page - powered by msn. i can't use any search engine because that's where i keep getting directed. it also installed a 'find whatever …

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I cant get in my computer for some weird reason.Ok i turn on my computer everything goes fine untill the login thing appears.Well i duno y but the login thing appearance changed and when i put my pasword it starts up normally but then 5 seconds later it just logs …

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have two accounts for my XP Pro: NAME (admin) and an ADMINISTRATOR (admin). I want to either change the ADMINISTRATOR name to something else like USER or be able to delete that account and make a new one. The problem I am having is that when I go to Start>Control …

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Hi, recently i got something called WindUpdates (im not sure how i picked it up) and although my windows watchdog, spyware cleaners and norton pick it up, i can not delete it at all! i am using XP and the files are stored in Program Files\WindUpdates. there are 2 processes …

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I cannot install or uninstall anything at all. The progress bar stays at 0%. I believe this a spyware or maybe even a virus. I have tried SpyBot and a few other Spyware programs, and i've deleted all I could find. But after every scan, more come. I tried loading …

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Help! I cannot get IE to open to any page. I can browse the net through outlook, but am fully unable to go anywhere using Internet Explorer. Here's what it says: [I]The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be …

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Hi, I'm writing for my son and wife. This computer -a Dell 2350, running XP Home, with 128mb of ram. They have separate user accounts. The machine is very slow. I have done ad-aware, and spybot, and cleaned Temp. Internet Files. I have looked over MSCONFIG: and it has 3 …

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cant delete files i tried the MOS THING AND IT DIDNT WORK. i icons on the desktop are not bright like the others and thats why i think i cant delete it. what do i do? and its a shortcut.

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I tryed and tryed and tryed but theres no freaken way to get into the bios with my laptop! its a COMPAQ Armada 1750 (I have Windows XP pro) Theres a COMPAQ screen, at that screen I tryed F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6... all [F] I even tryed ALT+CTRL+DELETE Plain nothing. There so way …

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My computer specs: ASUS A7N8X E-DELUXE 1 GIG CRUCIAL PC 3200 AMD ATHLON XP 3200 + SEAGATE 160 GB 7200 The Problem: I just recently reformatted and i cant get into windows because of this error: WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM I …

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Can't get res://mtdby.dll/index.html#37049 off of my home page. Please help me. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 4:47:16 PM, on 8/5/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\appgz.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\javata32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\tcpsvcs.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program …

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Hi, while surfing, window always pop up the following error message.pls help thks RUNDLL32 caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at 0000:01180ab4. Registers: EAX=64069660 CS=017f EIP=01180ab4 EFLGS=00010206 EBX=0000a800 SS=0187 ESP=58958400 EBP=0063fba0 ECX=0063fb8c DS=0187 ESI=0063fd14 FS=3697 EDX=006347a8 ES=0187 EDI=0063fba8 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 31 30 39 31 38 33 …

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OS: 98SE I have a computer that (When it is booting; still a black screen) it says: HARDWARE MONITOR FOUND AN ERROR. ENTER POWER SETUP MENU FOR DETAILS. I don't know what to look for. Ideas?

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I have a Dell Latitude C840 (P4 1.6 with 1Gb RAM and 60+GB hdd) I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, but I didn't see anything similar to my issue. Here goes: A user at my company has a word document. The size of the document is 754k. …

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whe i just try to view any hd s system volume infomation i get error "system volume info not accessible access denied System restore is monitoring all drives Ive never seen this problem before does anyone know whats going on everything on on default settings nothing changed c:\over 12gig free …

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Everytime I'm loading IE there are several popup I tried to get rid of if with Hijackthis but when I restart the computer they come back could you tell me what I have to do next thank you. Here the log file Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.0 Scan saved at 13:47:25, …

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I am using WIN2000 Pro. At one time, when I would open my WINDOWS explorer, I could select to view thumbnails, and it worked fine, even if I wanted to open a photo with Photoshop or ACDC. But now, for some reason, I cannot view thumbnails in WINDOWS explorer, except …

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i have the message c:windows/system32/autoexec.nt on screen when i try to unistall avg anti virus.It also says system file is not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows applications...help!!!!! :(

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I had Windows XP installed in my computer and Old 98 fiiles remain on hard drive. Can I remove them without messing up windos XP?

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Please note I'm an intermediate user, at best. My Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop has somewhat suddenly become excessively slow to open its Windows 2000 Pro desktop. It takes several minutes. It has never been quick (Celeron chip) but it has slowed dramatically. Also recently, there were errors on IE and …

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Thank you in advance! Although I mostly use Mozilla, I have to use IE for my work - I need to do on-line web demos using Genesys software (which requires Java VM) and does not work with Mozilla. Unfortunately, I must have evil stuff installed, because IE freezes after a …

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i've researched the forum, and ran several different spyware removal tools, however, i've had no luck. whenever i re-start the computer prosearching is still set as my main browser. here is a copy of my HJT log. thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.1 Scan saved at 7:26:13 PM, on …

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i was hopin some1 could help me wid my problem... whenever i turn on my comp and surf the net or anythin and about to shutdown.. i get a message... "Ibacfobb not responding" and then i hav to "end now" for my comp to shutdown.. then next time i log …

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You guys helped me in the past. My son has been on the PC and god only knows where he was, but the PC is running extremely slow now. I don't know if he picked up some virus, or spams or worms or whatever. I am running Microsoft XP on …

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I am using Dell Dimension 4300S with Windows XP prof. When I start my computer I am getting the Plug & Play configuration error and Press F1 to continue and F2 to run set up. If I press F1 I could able to enter in to the system but could …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Obtain Remote Assistance by Sending an E-mail Message in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][font=Arial][color=#000000]This article describes how to obtain help by using the Remote Assistance feature in Microsoft Windows XP. Remote Assistance allows a remote connection to …

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I'm running Windows XP on my main HD and due to a trojan/virus, I have ended up with bridge.dll missing during Windows startup. I have tried my damn'dest to fix this problem but I haven't been able to. I have tried 3 times to reinstall Windows on that drive and …

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I just installed a 2.8 prescott chip, running windows 2k pro. Windows says I have a acpi multiprocessor system. And task manager shows 2 cpu usage boxes. Any ideas why?

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I have been having problems all summer with my computer, I have Windows 2000 Professional. When I access the internet the computer will start acting up. It will freeze up, it will also bump me back to my desktop, I don't lose the connection but I have a hard time …

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Ok this is my first post on this forum , bear with me please. This is for my parents computer it is an older model of toshiba, satelllite ... something 5-6 yrs old. Windows 98 se. Nothing wrong with their computer until I installed a Microsoft Optical wheel mouse and …

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Ok after much reserch I have been mostley succesfull at deleting the malicious code on my computer, but not completely. here is my hijack this log: * HijackThis v1.98 * Written by Merijn - [email]merijn@spywareinfo.com[/email] [url]http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip[/url] [url]http://www.merijn.org/index.html[/url] See bottom for version history. The different sections of hijacking possibilities have been …

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Dam Iam Tired For Asking For Help And Nobody Does!!!! Well. Yeah I Have The Demon "home Search Assistent" It Keeps Coming Back!! And I Dont Know What To Do!!! ??? Can U Guys Tell Me What To Do And Follow?????

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Greetings -- I'm starting to become more and more interested in the game server business. I am on the verge of purchasing a new server, and am debating about what version of the Windows operating system I should use? If someone could make a recommendation and possibly support that, I …

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hey guys, need some major help here, we have a 10 server farm, each running windows 2000 server. We have 1 pdc that went down and we still have a fully functional bdc. the pdc went down a couple weeks ago and just this week one of our member servers(only …

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And not a minute later. Hello I have crappy system. Windows 98 in a E-machine ( remember them, lets not go there), Pentium Celeron 600m computer. I have had this for years and do not have a cd burner and my A drive floppy doesnt work. I have a lot …

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I am running windows xp on my laptop and all of a sudden it is hanging. i noticed that my cpu usage is at 100% and 99% or so of this is from explorer.exe...has anyone else experienced this problem? any help on how i can get my laptop running again …

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When I click on the 'delete' button on a file/folder then it takes about 5 minutes for the delete dialog confirmation to show up (and while it's waiting, the window is frozen.) I can't see what's going on; CPU isn't being used, and neither is much RAM; any ideas?

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First, I am a complete novice so please be gentle. My browser is IE. Operating System XP. ISP BTBroadband Last week for some reason I was unable to access my hotmail account and messenger. Also I am unable to get into my bank accounts and access my freeserve account - …

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Adaware, Spybot, Spywareblaster, Spysweeper, Xcleaner -- plus added Zone Alarm. My computer is still infected. Please somebody review the following Hijack This and advise me. Thanks!!!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 9:58:40 PM, on 8/4/04 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running …

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my computer has been hit with the notorious about blank virus if i posted my hijack this log could anyone tell me how i could get rid of it . please reply asap i have been trying for days and days but i am going round in circles . if …

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