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hi folks, first time poster looking for advice. after searching the posts for similar questions, i came up empty handed. i'm running a KDS RAD-5 (15") LCD on windows XP, with an older NVidia TNT2 graphics card. this combo has worked fine for over a year, but the display has …

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1200Mhz CPU, 20GB Hdd (Windows XP Home) I've just installed another mobo,(it's a second-hand one, and I'm not sure if it's faulty or not) - Microstar MS-6368 ver:5, booted up and got this message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software …

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I just installed a fresh installation of XP , ive installed XP before but never had this problem . Every time I try to register XP it comes up with a blank page , How the hell am I supposed to register XP with just a white screen, now i …

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I am having a problem shutting down my computer. Whether I click on the Shutdown icon or the Restart icon, my computer restarts. My OS is Windows XP Professional. This problem started yesterday.

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Is there any way to turn the powersaver off completely? I have animated screensavers that I cannot use because after 30 minutes the powersaver turns the screen black and I can hear the screensaver but not see it. In addition, the powersaver has a 60 minute option which I cannot …

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I have the error "gstartup.ink" come up when windows loads. I searched for the error on google and this website came up. via another thread's advice, I ran the program HiJackThis which searched my browser for some spyware. I don't know if it found anything that isn't suppose to be …

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I am currently using Win XP Pro and my computer locks up after logging on to the Internet, Why?

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Hi there, I am going to help a friend soon upgrading their system to win2000 - and it currently has win98 on it. It probably has 1 hard drive, and they can't fdisk using tools like partition magic (the time period to purchase/get the software is too small). Anyway. My …

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This happend to me tonight, I've followed the suggestions in here and ran [url="http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip"]http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip[/url] 1st, and this is my current HJT log.. I think I've cleared it up but I just want someone more in the know to make sure I didn't miss anything :) Thanks all! Logfile of HijackThis …

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Okay, simply put, I have no idea what I am doing here, and probably less business being here on this site. But, this is my issue: I am trying to update a free photo gallery page for my son and the damn thing keeps saying "this program has performed an …

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Hey peepz, Im a new guy here and I have a problem... I have a (Packard Bell Club70 PC), its about 5 years old... it had Windows 98SE 63MB SD RAM Intel 82810 Chipset 20Gig HD... ive now upgraded it to Windows XP 256MB SD RAM 20gig + 30 gig …

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I'm trying to establish a video link with my son. We're both on ntl world broadband and have XP professional. Using netmeeting I can see him, he can't see me only my flower icon. I can't hear him but he can hear me. Any tips?

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i use my d: drive primarily for mp3s. is there a way to group the files on my d: drive by artist? The closest i have come is by grouping them by their first letter. My d: drive is all mp3's no folders nor do i want folders? is this …

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Alright, heres the deal. I learned how to program Basic on an Apple IIe computer, then I learned to migrate it into the newer computers as they came along. I haven't programmed for a while and Windows XP doesn't exactly have QBasic on it. That's what it was called the …

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Hi, first time here, great site, hopefully you can help me with my problem and in the future I may be able to help as well..... I have Windows 98, for some reason I cant explain all of a sudden the setting in the Settings/Display box went to 640 x …

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Aargh - I just spent ages typing in a long and detailed description. And then I was told that I would have to log in, even though I was sure I was already logged in. Anyway. When installing Win2k Professional with Multi-Language and including Service Pack 2 from bootable CD-ROM …

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Anyone know at which point during the Windows XP startup the Windows Script Host loads? having problems with a startup script which refuses to run on our network, and suspect that we may be trying to run it before WSH is in place......

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I have a fairly new laptop (1 month old) HP Pavillion ZD7000-P4-3.06 w/Hyper-Threading. 768 MB PC2700-128 Nvidia GForce 5600go graphics card. Up until about a week ago when starting my computer it was fairly quick. Now all of a sudden it takes 2min.30sec.-2min.45 sec. to completely bootup. I don't even …

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I recently installed a new Asus P4T motherboard and pentium 2.66 ghz processor. Now, when I go to shut down my computer through windows xp, the computer shuts down, the monitor stops detecting a signal, but the fans on the motherboard do not power off and i can't be sure, …

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i am using internet explorer 6 with windows xp (not connected to a network) a 56k modem and dun i have encountered a problem. when i set "always dial my default connection" and "apply" under "tools" "internet options""connections" everything works fine but if i close down computer and re-boot internet …

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Ok Im running Windows XP and I was wondering if there was a way to select which programs boot first when I start up XP I know by going to "run" and typing MSconfig will let me select which ones start but i need to choose which one starts first. …

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Ok I have just installed a new Asus mobo and a Asus 9600XT video card I have a Celeron 2.2Ghz 768MB DDR RAM and a 250Watt PS Windows XP Now before I installed the new mobo and video card this happened rarely, but now that I installed the new mobo …

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I'm looking for a way to use a remote administration program (dameware maybe) that will be able to ack like the windows help in XP (meaning it can penitrate though a firewall). Does anyone know of any solution to this?

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I'm running XP w/Internet Explorer version 6.0. When I try to open my Outlook Express, I get the following message," Faulting application msimn.exe, version 6.0.2600.0, faulting module directdb.dll, version6.0.2600.0, fault address 0x0000af52 " Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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[size=4][color=red]Hi All,[/color][/size] [size=4][color=red]I want to diagnose a windows 2000 debug file. i am copying the same over here. Can anyone let me know the reason why this make a server to restart and wht is the cause.[/color][/size] ---------------------------------------------------------------- [color=blue]Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:33:59 PM scottec Loading Dump File [E:\Memory.dmp] Kernel …

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Hi Experts, I have applied many hot fixes on my computer (XP). Now, I want to know the date when the fixes has been installed and the last installed hot fix. I know i can see the installed hotfix status under ADD/REMOVE control panel but not able to see the …

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It's been a long time since I used Windows 9x systems. Hell I was on WinNT back in those days but I think if your on any of these systems it is time to upgrade big time stop waiting stop getting problems after problems. There really is no different from …

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I don't find a "new post" to click There is post reply and quick reply but danged if i see a new post any how i posted this log elsewhere in another forum and now here please let me know if there is anything in this log i need to …

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Just installed xp home. Every day my pc boots up (when powered off) and goes to login page (this occurs at the same time daily). I have disabled all bios start up features. It appears that its trying to send an at command? this does not happen when i use …

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My girlfriends computer will not boot up. Here's what it does: Upon starting the computer it will go to the Network Log In Screen where you input your user name and password and then the screen is just blank w/ only the background, you see the task bar for a …

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got a very strange problem with my Athlon 2600 XP, 1GB PC 3200 RAM and Windows XP Home. Explorer will just restart (not the machine) it's intermitent doesn't matter what I do! so far I have done. stripped out msconfig windows update all critical fixes also I share a ASDL …

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Hello all This is not much of a problem but a little annoying - all of a sudden my PC has started to slow down - examples of this are when hjovering the mouse over start button it takes a few seconds to recognise it before it highlights the start …

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Please help, I am missing the advanced tab in Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP. Have tried to repair and reinstall but this does not help.

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I was browsing in hopes of trying to fix this problem and happened on this site. I am using Win XP, sorry I don't know what service pack. I have lots of new weird stuff on my computer. I have gathered from my few short minutes on this site that …

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[font=Book Antiqua][size=3]Hello there,[/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=3] I have a new system that was built for me. The system runs awesome until the computer goes into idle. (normally about 15 minutes on no use it automatically reboots itself. Have tried updating norton. Thought that could be the issue. [/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=3]Any suggestion.[/size][/font] …

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Hi, this is my first post so please bear with me. I am posting this for my Father. He has a Full Version of XP Pro on disc: it can upgrade, or do a full install. He has used used the disc on several of his other computers (going from …

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[color=black][font=Arial][size=3]I have had this pc for about 4 months and it has had nothing but problems, and has been back to the shop 4 times. The makers (A&D Computers) just won't help me anymore.[/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][size=3]When ever I try making a VCD or copying a CD on to the computer or …

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Hello, I have had this problem occuring to me for the last week. I go to turn on my cpmputer like normal (hit power button, etc) and it will not boot. The hard drive light stays on, but it does not even get to the initial screen, the monitor stays …

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Do to some puter problems, I have had my computer hard drive completely redone. Upon reinstalling my windows 98 and then all the updates, I have been confronted with this update for .net framework. Being computer illiterate I have no idea whether or not I need this download and because …

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I recently upgraded from Windows ME to XP Pro and during the installation it said that regedit.exe was not copied properly and then it gave me the option of skipping that file which I did. Once install was complete, the computer re-booted and once it gets to the "Windows is …

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I'm having problem trying to install win xp. After the format is done it said something about my hard drive is not turn on or connected. I know for sure it's connect but how do I turn it on.. also I'm getting this error DRFAT32.sys: could not find a drive …

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Hello all... I posted this in another forum but it seems those in this forum would be best able to help me out. I have the same issue with the "lookfor" spyware. Please help me to fix this problem. My Hijack.log is below. thanks in advance! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 …

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I have a Gateway Pentium 4, 1400 mhz, intel with windows me. We started having alot of problems with error messages, so finally as a last resort, we uninstalled windows and reinstalled it. We noticed that alot of the error messages seemed to have …

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Ok i need to restore my computer to an earlyier day but when I try to do it , my pc says it couldn't restore to that point. Is there anythign I can do to fix this? I installed 3 games since my last restore point do i need to …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:05:25 PM, on 1/9/2004 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\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\cvpnd.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …

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Anyone on boot up and then dial up with modem computer freezes. When Computer stays running seldom happens. I installed new drivers for modem. Seems like its sluggish until it warms up. Is it okay to leave computer on all the time will it shorten its life. Thanks Anyone

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I am trying to put my computer into sleep mode which I have a button on my keyboard and also in my start menu i have the option to go into Standby Mode. When ever i try to do either. it will shut down and then restart and bring me …

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Hi All, I am using L40 with 20 slots StorageTek Tape Library and now i want to add more slots into it and wanna make 40 slots. I know i can do that but the information i am looking is this :- [list=1] [*]I need steps that to follow after …

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