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I changed the computer driver from uniprocessor to multiprocessor. However, system properties still only displays the name for 1 processor. Is it only suppose to show one? I did a render test with studio max, and it's quite obvious that it's using the second processor. (turned a 1.42 minute irender …

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I have just created 3 new tutorials about Spyware and two of the more prevalent tools when dealing with them. The first is a primer on Spyware and hijackers and is a good read if you don't understand them. It can be found here: [url="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=41"]Understanding Spyware and Browser Hijackers[/url] The …

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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]Copy Files and Folders to CDs[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]Remember when you loved Rubik's Cube, Dynasty, and the floppy disk? In the 1980s, before the World Wide Web and ubiquitous e-mail, you could store 1.5 megabytes (MB) of …

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:cry: [font=Microsoft Sans Serif][color=mediumturquoise] When i restart my system i get an error that says data1.dat can not be found,can someone tell me what that is?[/color][/font]

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:cheesy: I going thought the web looking for a fix for my Xp system with boot section of my hard drive and I found a real good web site for tech support then help me to fix the issue. It is whatwrongnow.com.

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~Hi Friends In my computer, installed with win 2000 (adv. server), with 40 Gb H.D.D. I can see the 20 Gb space free in my harddrive under Disk Admin. (primary partion and rest is free allocated to another partition. Last day i have added new 2 H.D.D of 40 GB …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 8:17:24 PM, on 3/31/2004 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) 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\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SSDPSRV.EXE C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCEVTMGR.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\ADVTOOLS\NPROTECT.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HPSYSDRV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCAPP.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\OLEHELP.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\BACKWEB\BACKWEB\PROGRAM\BACKWEB.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\RAR$EX01.898\HIJACKTHIS.EXE …

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my ie 6 homepage was recently hijacked, and i got all sorts of popups.. i checked out this board and got cwshredder as well as adaware... ran them both and the homepage stopped getting hijacked, however, for some reason the majority of the time i cannot close explorer with the …

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This is an area that I am not entirely familiar with, hence the following question. I have a service customer some of whose problems can be traced to a bootleg [b]Windows XP Pro[/b] install. When I apprised her of this, she "did the right thing" and obtained a legal OEM …

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Hi. I've been receiving that same message but with a bit of a different circumstance. I use Windows XP and Meditech, and I can access Meditech via either the internet or dial-up. Sometimes the internet is bogged down and slow, and it is at those times that I prefer to …

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Hi guys... I was wondering if anyone could help me with my HijackThis log file.. Everytime I connect to the Internet I get searchcentral.cc as my start page, and I

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Ok. The school I go to has a program called Websense. They have since blocked my access to many sites including my Cox high speed internet webmail and hotmail accounts. any way to get around websense or am i totaly stuck?

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IE6 has been constantly hijacked ; this damn site : [url]http://www.lookfor.cc/index.php?p=37049[/url] , replaces the start page , obliging me to edit the register HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\start page ; It has happened almost every night since the 1st time a week ago ; An updated Spybot search and destroy has scanned the …

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After a while, it has booted up. I log on and then the computer freezes. I can't do anything. CTRL ALT DEL takes forever to come up and when it does it just freezes as well.. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Have you had to format, and after you've reinstalled everything you've had to download those damned Security updates all over again? I'm betting you don't want to be faced with that onerous task again, and you don't have to. Microsoft has made available, free of charge, a 'Security Update CD' …

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I get this error message when I try accessing my floppy drive from windows xp "A:\is not accessible. The floppy disk controller reported an error that is not recognized by the floppy disk driver" and when I try to boot from a floppy i get "please insert system disk" or …

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I performed the search, quarantine and deletion of certain spyware files on both my computers, but afterwards I experienced some slow-down on my Cable connection, so I restarted. But when I restarted, my comp could no longer go on the net. We're on a network, so I told my bro …

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When I load up my computer my computer has an updmgr.exe error message how can I fix this. On top of the message has a C++ error message

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I recently bought a brand new Sony Vaio PCV-RS 420 from best buy and have been having problems ever since. The 120 gig hard drive is partitioned oddly (13 gig for drive c, and 107 for drive d) and I dont know if that is why. At least 2 times …

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Hi there, I've been having a problem that when I load the task manager it flashes up and then shuts down. I also can't run regedit, renamed it from exe to com and I now can. Based on what I've found there's a virus messing things up. I've done the …

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I am running a compaq presario 5000 series. Recently my sister deleted folders off of her computer, she is not very computer lit, but IE6 was not working correctly. I tried to reinstall 6, but it kept failing. I then uninstalled 6 and went back to 5, however this is …

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[url="http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"]http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm[/url] [url="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420796,00.asp"]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420796,00.asp[/url] [url="http://browsercheck.qualys.com/"]http://browsercheck.qualys.com/[/url] [url="http://beam.to/spybotsd"]http://beam.to/spybotsd[/url] [url="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545"]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545[/url] [url="http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder"]http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder[/url] [url="http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svchost&count=&type"]http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svchost&count=&type[/url]= [url="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=947"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=947[/url] [url="http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2152.aspx"]http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2152.aspx[/url] that's it for the moent. If ny 1 wants more, please let me know.

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I had the svchost.exe virus detected by AVG and me being so smart :rolleyes: just went and used regedit to get rid of it. We'll I got rid of it alright but now I can't even see or setup any network conections. Just wondering if reinstalling is my only opption? …

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I have home xp and i have a program called FIX IT its a virus program also but it wont let me unistall it and it tells me to re install it but it doesnt work!! it says im missing a file. is there anyway i can delete this off? …

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Hi,all, I'm running windows me with a bt broadband connection. All of a sudden,if I go to control panel_>internet options,there is no list of my connections anymore,old or new,it won't let me add any,I can't click on settings and add a browser,nothing. Any help would be appreciated Regards to all

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any help with what to fix would be great. thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:59:31 PM, on 3/25/2004 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTHELPER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe C:\Program …

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Hi there, When I look at my task manager I see svchost.exe is there 8 times. User Name = SYSTEM - 6 times User Name = NETWORK SERVICE - 1 time User Name = LOCAL SERVICE = 1 time The question I have is can I remove some of them …

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I have discovered that I have the [email="sobigf@mm"]sobigf@mm[/email] virus on my home xp. I have run symantic and microtrend virus removal tools. One says that I have the virus and couldn't remove it, the other says that It did not locate the virus on my computer. However, my computer is …

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I downloaded hijackthis, and I was wondering if someone coud plz give me a hand with what to do next. Here is the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 5:25:23 PM, on 3/24/2004 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 …

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I have a 303gb partition using NTFS (under WinXP), and it had 1.02gb free. I went to delete a 75gb folder, and upon its deletion, explorer still reported that I had 1.02gb free. Ran a diskcheck, let it fix errors, and now I have three folders (Found.000...Found.002) on the drive. …

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I have Installed Windows XP with IE 6.0.2. I have a problem with Yahoo chat. It gave an error message that the MS VM needs to be updated. Tried many options but unsucessful. Finally I removed the MS JVM and installed JRE 1.4.2. But it still didnot work.It still gave …

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Hello, :cry: Internet been terribly slow lately, I have run all anti virus/adwares/ online scans I could, and so far nothing has been found. I have just run hijackthis, does anyone see anything strange in the log? Maybe it has something to do with svchost processes? (all those issr.exe, lass.exe …

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I use Tiny Personal Firewall. It is really easy to use, and it works fine for what i do. There are some programs that request outgoing/incoming connections. I'm not sure if i should let these progs communicate or not. If someone could let me know what these progs do, i …

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[color=black]I have a bunch of pesky processes using up my resources. I launched msconfig, went to the start up tab and found them. Now, how can I tell which to leave on(have to have) and which I can change to optional launch? I turned off a bunch and was unable …

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[color=#0000ff]hey folks,[/color] [color=#0000ff] I need to create a VxD to capture all file calls made to/on a Windows 2000 server machine. The file calls will then be sent to a VB program on the desktop.[/color] [color=#0000ff] But I have absolutely no idea of how to create a VxD or how …

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Hello, I have windows XP. I have 4 profiles on the system if I set up the spybot and blaster apps on one profile does it cross over to all profiles or do I need to run the application under all profiles. Thanks for your help. Debbie

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Hi, I have windows 98se on a 1996 computer and when the desk top comes up after starting my computer, i get a small box on the desktop with Error-(Runtime error 21b at 00002DE4):sad: . So far I have seen no problem, but a problem has to be there somewhere. …

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When i click on Add/remove windows compenents on control panel i get the error: sysocmgr.exe error - application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005) ive tried replacing the sysocmgr.exe but no luck. any ideas??

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Trying to load BroadBand AOL and keep getting the following "4129.670a Client Version has encountered a problem and will shut down" message. Anyone any idea why this happens. I have reformatted the HD and re-installed XP and it still happens. Before the reformat the computor was coming up with three …

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What would be the equivalent of msconfig in windows 2k? Somebody told me once, but I can't remember.

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Hows it goin :cool: just for the fun of it , im writing a batch file. this may sound daft but should you disconnect before typing ipconfig/release ipconfig/renew ? i would assume you would stay connected so you could p[erform such an operation . however after doing this, the IP …

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Currently I have ME, but I want to upgrade my PC to XP, because basically ME is ish. It's a free PC though, so hey. Should I go to ebay and buy a copy? ...or should I download it from an FTP? Also what are some things I will need …

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when i enter "modprobe slamr" this is my modem driver, it tells me its tainted adn i should visit tux.org/something for more info and it said it was loaded with warnings :000! then when I enter "slmodemd" [root@localhost epro]# slmodemd SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.6 Feb 29 2004 18:44:05 modem …

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I have Windows 98. When I start my computer I receive the message that states wupdater not responding. When I shutdown my computer I receive the message Backtrack Monitor Fatal Error 8205---cannot take snapshot

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My friend installed XP over ME, and now it's killing his hard drive...he wanted to know if anybody can provide any insight as to how to remove Windows ME now. Thanks!!

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;) My comp is really weird. I have installed 1GB of ram, but whenever i restart my comp, when it loads into window XP, i slows down alot. it seems like its trying to load something but nothing comes out. We i click "my computer", it shows a flashlight searching …

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McAfee has detected an infected file by the name of Bridge.exe. The virus name is Downloader-ER I can't clean, delete or quarantine ite file I get the message Access to file is denied. I can remove the files from my C drive, but when I reboot,THERE IT IS AGAIN. Any …

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I've had my computer for a while, but a few months ago, apparantly for no reason, whenever i go to windows update and click "scan now" it always stays at 0%. I can leave it running for hours but it will not move. It works perfectly on all other sites …

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Hello, Everyone! My delema is this. I am currently running windows NT on my computer. I need too becuase the software my company uses is only supported by NT. I would however also like to be able too switch to windows XP on the same computer. I have searched other …

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I am, well, just an owner of a DELL Dimension 8250. A while back I was browsing my folders on this machine, and came across an application that made it possible for me to add a message when Dell was booting up. Well, now, I don't need that message anymore, …

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