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ok well the old HDD died and so i went over to the local computer store, bought myself a new hdd and put it in. The bios doesn't recognize it and gives me the error of no HDD being found. Thinking that it could be, because there was no partition …

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Hello I have had several viruses etc. but this is the worst I haver ever had. It wont let me fully install virus/trojan/etc removal software. I am getting three or four popups at a time and these little boxes pop up saying stuff like i have lost some file extensions …

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TO ALL THOSE WHO KNOW [I]ANYTHING[/I]!! I need to know where I can go and/or how to acquire a system that meets all of these requirements:: >Automatically transmit Longitude and Latitude coordinates >Automatically transmit altimeter read-outs >Fit into a cylindrical space that is approximately 4 inches in height and 2 …

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i got iphone with no contract so no support is available for me. the mic is not working because i spilled some water on the phone :( is there any way to fix the phone on my own or should i just trow it away? i'm not really geeky but …

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I have a DELL INSPIRON 6000 notebook. It has RAM memory of 504mb. I would like to upgrade it to 1 gb or 2 gb. But my question is if i buy a 1gb RAM,can i still keep my 504mb one.ex-Will both the 1gb and 504mb RAM work together?making it …

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. Over last couple of days, when I start up computer, it gets to the windows screen, and the blue bar thing just goes round and round, and it never gets into windows. I eventually get it to start up, if …

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hi i dont know if here is the true palce to ask this question , but i have a strange problem , i work as a web developer in a news agency some of our users report when they click on a link to a specified news , completely different …

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Hello, everybody! I am a newbie, so my question will probably sound silly to you. I have one task that I don’t know how to carry out – I need to check one web page from time to time (preferably every 20 minutes) and record (=copy) its HTML code every …

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Hey guys, does anyone know of a way to make a Windows XP box require a password to log off by any means. We are trying to lock down a computer and make it so you can't log off. Unfortunately we have a few sharp guys at work and they …

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For some reason my development rig has become quite slow lately Its got 2gb of ram, a Core1duo and Server 2008 (SP1) Standard x32 Every once in a while taskeng will go crazy and spawn like 200 process and eat all my ram and CPU time. Looking at scheduled tasks, …

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If I start a game, let's say COD4 for example, I can play that game perfectly for maybe 1-2 minutes MAX before the framerate suddenly drops through the floor and it's almost unbearable. If I close the game, the frame rate for everything is very poor - scrolling down pages …

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Help. My computer is running very slow and generating lots of errors. I have enclosed all logs requested except ESET or one of the others you recommended. Kaspersky Online Scanner , Panda Active Scan ,Trend Micro HouseCall, and F-Secure Online Virus Scanner all either failed to load, run or after …

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Hello...I have a Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive which has worked for months... Than Ive tried to make a partition and install linux on it...but than after about 5% of formatting i realized i made a mistake and it was deleting my data off of it...i canceled it at …

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Hi Guys, Bit of a long shot but i got a bit of a computer problem and now its starting to irritate me somewhat. Every now and again from 10 mins to 3 hours its totally random. My computer freezes when im playing games its not one particular games it …

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I have a dell dimension 8200 running a 2.26 ghz p4 & upgrading to 3.06 ghz p4 with ht. how do i enable the bios setting, if at all possible on the dell Regards, solman

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Hello, I have a problem in my PC, as I try to see my hidden files, through folder option setting it dose not works. I try the below said also Click Start => Run type in Regedit press OK. Click: * HKey_Local_Machine * Software * Microsoft * Windows * CurrentVersion …

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[url]http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-251586.html[/url] [quote]Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors. [more][/quote]Its sad that Macs arent even safe anymore........

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Hi, I work for a server that runs on apache and red hat. I need to get a anti-virus for the server as we have possible trojans that we need to quarantine. I appreciate any posts.

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iexplore.exe keeps coming up in my processes under a system file. When i'm playing games or just surfing i keep hearing the clicks like I'm browsing and on occasion I get some sort of news station that just automatically starts playing in the background with no warning. When I go …

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I would just like to know.. Refurbished units that .. possibly say have an Intel Quad Core processor, 3GB ram, 300+GB hard drive and costs around 500+.. Would it be better than buying a DELL system unit that has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor about 2.0ghz, 3GB ram, 320GB …

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Hey, just lately i've been getting some notifications from avast saying that it has found files infected with vapsup or agent variations. Now i've tried deleting the files, putting them into the "chest" and then deleting or restoring but nothing seems to be working. Ive tried the SmitFraudFix from reading …

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I have been experiencing the strangest network problem with my Windows XP Pro computer. I can get an IP address and ping my router/websites, but i cannot browse webpages. There are two webpages that I can browse however, that I know of. It seems I can also check email through …

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Ok, so I have got the free service of DynDNS from DynDNS.com. Now at example.sample.com I have a website working just fine. Now how do I, in the "sites-enabled" area, that is include in the apache config, set up more subdomains? Right now in the sites-enabled file I have NameVirtualHost …

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Here is a copy of a portion of an email i sent to HP (to save me typing it out) 1 ) Program freeze ups. Where I have to close a program to get another to run. With 2 gigs of ram I shouldn't have to do this. Not multiple …

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Hi. I've got a Sony Vaio PCG -GRT815 and I'm trying to do my A level via my laptop. I've got the letter "t" running across the screen as if someone is presing the key constantly, and if I try to use the letter t it doesnt work. There isnt …

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Hi I wonder if someone can help me - I've recently started getting random redirects from the google search page. Looking through some of the threads I've attached a hijack this log of the computer. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 22:42:46, on 29/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP …

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When closing Firefox, the firefox.exe process keeps running and cannot be terminated (have tried task manager). When attempt is made to restart firefox, get msg that "firefox is still running and must be closed to start a new session". The only way to restart firefox is to do a reboot. …

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Very interesting bug I am noticing with my PC that's been happening since yesterday. The file iexplore.exe will start up and run for a few moments, and then shut itself down. However, when it does this, it opens no windows to Internet Explorer at all. It just spikes my processor …

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Hello, I am just a girl who likes the internet but really doesn't know anything about computers. I bought my laptop about three months ago and now I constantly get the "Microsoft Blue Screen Of Death". My computer only works in "safe mode" now. After I start up my computer …

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Here is the problem: I was using my computer it just froze and i turned it off then i restarted then i froze when it was loading(the WindowsXp logo). Then i tried starting it up on safe mode and it freezes. I need help. Thank you.

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Ok, A buddy of mine recently asked me o fix his pc that some idiot custom built for him. I have worked on hundreds of computers starting when I was only 9 years old. Never found a computer that I couldn't fix. I have my A+, MCP and I'm also …

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Lately, I have been having problems starting my computer. I push the power button and the computer doesn't come all the way on. I wait about 15 minutes for it to seemingly "warm up", then hit the reset button and it starts up fine. Today when I tried to start …

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I have tried everything I can think of to get IE back. First IE 7 stopped working and advice from India ended up with suggesting downloading the new version IE Beta 2 which doesn't work either. Have tried disabling add-ons...no good. I get the message check HTTP port 80 HTTPS …

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Hello, I would just like to know if I decide to overclock my processor or ram, etc, how would I know where to see the current temperatures of what is being overclocked? And also, what are the temperatures that should be kept in order for them not to overheat? Thanks. …

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"Program files folder" pops up after loading desktop etc, how do you stop this in windows 2000 pro ? Tia C.

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Hi, I have a problem with my home computer.I created 2 accounts, 1 as Administrator and the other, a friend.When I created a new account, somehow the Administrator account, which require a password, disappeared from the screen.I have many important documents on the Administrator account desktop and now I am …

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Question: Highlight the part of the algorithm detailed in RFC826 which makes Arp Poison Routing (APR) possible and briefly explain your reasoning. I am not 100% sure on this question, what is it asking for? I have read the document RFC826 but still confused. Does it mean this this algorithm? …

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Hi, If this observation is correct: If two drives (preferably of equal size are set up as a RAID 1 configuration all data is mirrored between the two drives. If an error is detected on one drive the system keeps going with data from the mirrored good sector and the …

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I have a program that runs on DOS. The language of the program is Arabic. When I run the program from command prompt on WinXP, the program runs well, but there is a problem: the problem is that the Arabic characters are displayed as a strange characters. Is there any …

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hi guys, i'm looking for software to make picture animations or animated cartoons or something fascinating like that... any idea?

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Hi folks, I have a concern about the network icon in my hard drive window. When I open my Hard drive it shows all of my external hard drives but it also shows my Idisc, and a Network icon, I can click on network and get to everything. Is this …

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I creating a file server for a client, I want to set up RAID 1. However, I'd like HD0 (aprox. 2 40-80 GB drives) for the OS. I'd like to set up another HD, HD1 (2 1TB drives for file storage) seperate of the first RAID 1. The files that …

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Hello, I have HP Pavillion Media Center PC m7640n. In October, my computer crashed, it wouldn't boot up at all. After trying complete system restore with built in restore program (which by the way didn't work). I then had to by the restore discs from HP (they used to come …

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Hello to my Family at Daniweb !!! I am getting to where I am taking older desktops and putting RAM and upgraded cpu's in them and then sell them. My problem is how to go about finding accurate info on what RAM and cpu's go in what machines. Are there …

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ok so i have a dell purchased computer thats sealed shut. i can't remove the shell and i don't have money anyways for new hardware. however on a whim (stupid me) i went and purchased a VGA to S-VIDEO / RCA CONVERTER CABLE. the computer has an Intel 82845G controller. …

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I am looking to use faster HDDs for my main system disk. Is RAID 5 a good choice (with 3x 15000 SAS HDDs)? I know that RAID 0 is faster, but I want redundancy without too great of compromise. Is there any speed advantages to RAID 1? Also, I am …

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Ok friend just cam over to my house, but his drivers for his DVD drive are corrupted, so it does not read anything. Tech support suggests to insert the recovery disks, but the drive can't read it. Help?

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I'm going through the openvpn howto, section "Configuring client-specific rules and access policies", [url]http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/howto.html#policy[/url]. I understand how the network is segregated, different subnets for employees, sys admins and contractors. I don't understand how openvpn identifies a user as either an employee, sys admin or contractor. Is that what the next …

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Hello all, Well i got an ipod touch yesterday and pretty much since then, my PC has been REALLY slower then usual! There are a lot of svchost.exe files running and that is not normal! My brother's PC which is single core is faster then my dual! Even task manager …

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