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Hi, I have acquired a HP ZD8000 laptop, which wont turn on. When I press the on button the LED's light up, and sometimes the fans begin to fire up, but only for a split second. When I press the on button whilst both the battery is connected and the …

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I have a problem with my windows xp system. A few days back i recd a message on my computer that spyware detected on your computer warning win32 vitumond privacy remover detected on yourcomputer. m64 detected on your computer. I am unable to proceed further. I have one admin login …

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I desperately need help with a strange problem. I have a new Netgear DG834N Router, and I am using it to connect both my laptop and my desktop pc to the internet. Now, whereas I can both connect them to the internet I have a strange problem. The desktop seems …

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OK hey everyone came across this board and wondered if anyone can help me with a problem I'm having? Sometimes this laptop will start becoming jumpy, the mouse will freeze for a fraction of a second and there is a noise from the speakers which happens every few seconds. I'm …

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The Dell Dimension 3000 just quit booting up and won't boot from cd or in safe mode. when trying to get into safe with prompt it just list a bunch of drivers and then locks up. Same is true when trying to boot normal it just goes to the splash …

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model: WAP54G my linksys wireless was working but i press the rest botton in the back of the hardware and the hardware now not working the power light is red and Act light is off and Link light is Orange if i insert a link wire nothing change, So it's …

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i have a compaq laptop and i have problem connecting to the internet with my wifi. my wifi gets connected to a network but when i go to internet explorer it says not connected so i double clicked on the wifi and checked the status of it it does not …

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Hi, I not sure where to look for information about wireless systems that have some kind of limited use session token/ability. We have a conference room where we host large meetings with people fly in from around the world to participate. Currently we have no wireless capabilities and we would …

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Hi My company hosts software on a Windows 2003 server for our clients. The clients access a Https:// url to logon to their site. One of our clients is having an issue when they type in the url which is in the format of [url]https://company_name_qa.com/logon.htm[/url] The underscores resolve to percent …

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im having problems accessing some web pages they randomly load with "failed to connect" & error loading page etc, using both firefox & IE im not sure what it is have run various scans & issue hasnt been fixd also noticed that iexplore.exe is running is SYSTEM even tho i …

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Hi guys, i have a problem. My computer was working fine yesterday morning. I was using it for a while, then turned it off to go to bed. When I woke up, my sister was using it and it was working fine. However she got sidetracked and left it there …

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Hi, I am currently using firefox and I like it better than IE, but have recently downloaded and tested out Opera. There are some things I really like about Opera, mainly the new tab button which brings up a speed dialer with a thumbnail of your web pages. Does Firefox …

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I migrated blogs from serendipity to wordpress. In doing so, I went from one url schema to another. Serendipity: [CODE]http://example.com/index.php?/archives/111-Example-title!-of-POst.html[/CODE] Wordpress: [CODE]http://example.com/example-title-of-post/[/CODE] Notice that it needs to have caps removed and all punctuation except the '-' removed from the URL. Now the nearest I can come up to with this …

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At some point I had a Vundo trojan, which I followed steps to fix, however since then I've been having these two little messages pop up every time I start my computer. The first says... "Error loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\vmmmcqsx.dll The specified module could not be found. OK" The other says... "Error …

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Hi i am trying to downgrade from Vista to Xp, and when i try to format the hard disk with the xp disk, i get an error stating no hard disk is available.

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Hey guys I had a problem with my laptop of which i raised the issue on this forum (the problem was that my Windows XP OS was not loading my personal profile on start up) and the solutions were suggested one of it been that i should create new user …

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trying to uninstall yahoo messenger get message cannot open install log file can anyone help

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installed something that had a malware hidden. now it's doing that fake virus alert thing and redirecting my internet clicks to some spam sites. i did a malwarebytes scan and clean that i think worked but when i did the smitfraud fix it was as if the malwarebytes fix were …

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HI! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to computers. I've been getting a system 32 error on start up and I can't seem to shake it. Any ideas on how to solve this dilemma would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanx, Lostcaper

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Gooday. I have xp and in my device manager there is a yellow other devices question mark and in that there is a yellow question mark with video controller. I think that before had display adaptors with the video in it. How can I put it back the way it …

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Hi all, Please forgive me if this thread is inn the wrong place im a newbie(lol), My problem is that i have a toshiba sattelite p30 the screen has all of a sudden gone blank i can use it by connecting to a external vga monitor i was wondering if …

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I downloaded a file that contained a virus. The virus turned my desktop red with a biohazard logo in the middle reading ""Your Privacy is in Danger". The Virus added "Virus Alert!!" to my clock area and changed it to military time. I am unable to access my C drive …

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Hi,I have a problem..I just tried to reformat and install windows XP home edition, and upon coming to the screen of "Repair" or "Install fresh copy" I received an error reporting: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are …

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I have a hard drive that I formatted and dropped into a Gateway PC and cannot seem to load Windows XP. It tells me that all kinds of .dll files are missing or corrupted. HELP!!

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Hi, I really hope someone can help me here I've turned my computer into a 20lb paperweight. Now I'd just deal with it and reformat had I not been a complete tool and didn't backup all my files to cd. This is what happened, I had 4 partitions on my …

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i recentl downgraded, or shall i say "upgraded" my hp pavilion 2415nr laptop from vista to xp. Everything went great, except for the sound card installation. None of the drivers on any forum work. was wondering if anybody had done this, or know what to do.

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I was given an older Dell laptop (a Latitude LXi w/pent I) which had been wiped. I need to get an operating system on it. It had originally had Win 95 so I downloaded a bootable 95 and saved it to floppy. The bios it set to read the floppy …

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Hello All: Yesterday, I believe, some malware/spyware somehow got into my computer. Windows keeps poping up some messages in ballons showing warnings that "windows has detected spyware" on my system. My desktop wallpaper also changed automatically displaying similar messages. I realized that these messages are not genuine windows messages so …

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I have this Windows server 2003 O/S witch gives me this window error message witch i can not close it from my desktop. explorer.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x0134f512" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on …

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Hi all I've just spent the last week tearing my hair out with a terrible rogue dialler, browser hijack and virus. And, against my will, sending out thousands of emails along the lines of No More Teeny Man in Locker Room! and Discount Ci%lis. Finally I solved it all in …

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I've noticed other somewhat similar problems being discussed but not exactly. The fans come on, the disc drives check, the lights flash on the keyboard but nothing else. no beeps. sometimes the monitor seems to be getting nothing from the computer. I've opened it up, checked all connections, tested the …

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Hi, I'm a new subscriber here. Just happened to fall into this website and hope it's a keeper. I've had a frustrating problem downloading games at worldwinner since I got this new computer 4 months ago. I've asked my manufacturer (Dell), the game website itself and my ISP for help …

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Hi, Hoping someone will be able to help me. Whenever I try to run a game on my computer, for example Company of Heroes, I am getting the following error message: Failed to set a working mode for rendering device. This could be due to having an old version of …

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Hi all! Two days ago as i was downloading a subtitle for a movie, my desktop suddenly changed and an advert saying that my computer have been infected popped up and became my new desktop background. tried to change the background yet there was no place to click. my web …

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I just got this computer (not from a store) and I noticed that the damn thing wouldn't turn on. so the first thing I thought was that the power supply was shorted I checked for the light on the back of the power supply to kick on when I plugged …

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I just received a LaCie 500GB mini Home Edition network drive. You connect it via ethernet to your router and should be able to access it anywhere on the internet. My Macbook pro cannot see the disk directly. But I can log onto the portal from a web browser. My …

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installed something that had a malware hidden. now it's doing that fake virus alert thing and redirecting my internet clicks to some spam sites. i did a malwarebytes scan and clean that i think worked but when i did the smitfraud fix it was as if the malwarebytes fix were …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:49:00 AM, on 8/31/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16608) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LVMVFM\LVPrcSrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\Rundll32.exe C:\Program Files\Logitech\QuickCam10\QuickCam10.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LComMgr\Communications_Helper.exe C:\Program …

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dear experts, Pls help me!!! below are the symtoms: - can only access to google and gmail - cannot sign in msn - can sign in YM but messenger list is empty enclosed is my HJT log for your investigation... many thanks for your kind support! M123 Logfile of Trend …

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So, this is what I have. [url]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/jubdaddy/AORNK-1.jpg[/url] I want to get the most drive room on (c) can I "merge" D and Free Space into C. I was told I would have to reformat the whole disk. Thanks guys.

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my d drive (cd drive) will let me burn play and rip cds but wont let me play n e games or dvds.... whats the problem

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I recently got a mess of stuff happening with my laptop's hard drive so I removed it and put in into a USB enclosure so I could access my data. My laptop did use a windows password which I obviously know but while hooked up USB, I can not access …

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Appreciate if someone can help me to rectify the problem. Currently i'm using Mozzila Firefox to access internet. Attached is my latest HijackThis log file : Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 20:23:23, on 01/09/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) Boot …

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I see theres a few cases of this at the moment, same story as the rest, cant see C: Drive and programs etc. but i thought id start a new thread as i dont want to hijack anyone elses and each case will probably vary. Here is the Hijack this …

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Real PC amateur... Need help with virus on PC. I've read the diagnositics on forum and completed scans and logs as requested. Could really use help in trying to rid myself of these nasties. First I have a Red X next to my C: Drive, Next when I log on …

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Hey Guys My friend has a laptop he deleted D partition of his hard drive and formatted the C partition, after completion, on restart his computer started complaining "Hard Disk Drive 0 not found ". When external Hard Drive is connected it will display message "NTLDR is missing". Please what …

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Hi all, I am new here and I having a real problem with my internet connection. We have two computers connected to the internet in our house through one router with an Ethernet switch. My brothers computer works fine and he can view all websites etc and all is well, …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:45:00 AM, on 8/31/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16608) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LVMVFM\LVPrcSrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Authentium\AntiVirus\dvpapi.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\iolo\System Mechanic Professional 6\IoloSGCtrl.exe C:\Program Files\Common …

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I forgot ,how can we apply local security policy on a computer running WinXP? Do we have to right click on My Computer and go to Manage for that? I donot see how can we apply local security policy from there? Regards,

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This started a couple of months ago, probably and it has me baffled. I primarily use Firefox 3 as my browser, but also have IE 7 installed. From time to time, if I go to MySpace (using FF) and then try to leave, everything hangs up for a few seconds, …

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