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I have read through past post relating to this same issue nothing there applyed to this one. first this is an win me box, 2nd I don't get and error. I can open up IE fine, but when I try to open up a 2nd one the computer freezes. I …

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I've noticed as I've been reading through this forum, that people are often advised to rename hijackthis.exe (I think Gerbil always says to rename it imabunny.exe?) I was just curious why you advise people to do this? Are viruses/trojans/spyware/malware that are known to attack it? Do antivirus programs flag it? …

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Hows it going guys, I'm having a few troubles with several hard drives, so grab a glass of milk and some cookies because your going to be sitting here a while. Okay. So to start the story, I was using three seperate hard drives as follows: IDE 0 - 40 …

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Does renaming the crontab file cause problems with the cron process? About a week ago, I was trying to make an update to the crontab files on all of our district servers. About halfway through, I got this 'brilliant' idea to simply copy the crontab file off of a system …

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ok here goes! my cousin got a dell dimension 4600 from her mom. mom says it was working fine then crapped out so it was brought to the shop. shop said to reformat & reinstall windows. the system was failing to boot up completely. well, i reformatted the hard drive, …

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Since I have updated to feisty, I have had problems with suspend and hibernation. (Actually, I think I have successfully used suspend and hibernation in feisty, it may have been a while). Whenever I select to hibernate or suspend, my screensaver comes on for an instant and then it goes …

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Okay so I kept d/ling apps off different websites for my mac till it finally said that it was too full to continue. Then my wife bought me this Maxtor OneTouch and I tried to load it. How do I increase the space on my Mac using this and if …

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hello i just purchased a sony vaio laptop which has 100 gb hard disk i want to make more partition of it plz can any one tell me how to make more partition without formating c cozi dnt want to loose original windows and it has many software of its …

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hello i have attached the file. what im being directed to is a webbrowser called onestep. please help if possible

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Hi all; My system has been acting crazy since yesterday, i first got weird file named IT_LKW_SUCKS i dont know where it came from and i deleted it then just after one minute the file appeared again. Tried deleting that file but it cant be deleted. ma hard disk has …

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i use norton2005 but i not satisfy i want a anti virus that can protect my computer much better. so what is best anti virus?

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Hi Guys, Am trying to rescue a Celeron 500 for a freind, hardly worth it i know but its getting the better of me. The problem is it turns on, well at least the fan comes on but that is it. I have repalced everything except the ram and processor, …

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Hi. First of all I just want t say that I do not know a lot about PC's. Lately I bought my brothers "old" PC (2005). I want to format it, but have huge problems. My main question is: Is there any way to format the PC from the BIOS-menu? …

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hi, i have come accross a probelm and i was wondering Outlook 2003 could do this or would i need 3rd party mail program. Here is what i am trying to do. Ok this receptionist has her own calander wher she puts her appointment and stuff in. She then creates …

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Well here is my story, and if anyone can help me find a cure I will be forever gratefull. The other day I was surfing a flash code site and had 3 viruses attack my pc. I run symantec and it caught them. then I started getting pop up advertisement …

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Hi All, I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now... I hope someone can help me figure out whats wrong here... Thanks in advance. Here are my system specs: Dell XPS400 Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz 2.5 Gig Ram (2 x 1 Gig, 2 …

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Hi after a recent virus I ran a clean install on a computer I'm working on for a friend. I get it running beautifully SP2 fully working, AVG antivirus and Spyware running smoothly, etc. I defrag and close and within 24 hours I get a similar problem. It's not a …

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Hi, I have 2 extra very fast fans (I dont know exact RPM though) which I can put anywhere inside my cabinet. The problem is that I cant figure out where to put them exactly so that it will cool my processor properly. Here is my config and temp on …

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I've got another thread up : [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread83660-2.html[/URL] Now I've been fighting with this thing for weeks. What it does is plays random audio, sometimes advertising, sometimes really good music, sometimes really bad music. Sometimes it broadcasts talkshow from subjects ranging from sports to porn. And its just really annoying. I'm …

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S.O.S well my soul I'm going nuts:sad: can't find the virus neither can AVG 7.5. I have included HJT log. I have no task manager, and im missing .dll files everywhere. I only just completed a clean install!

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I've had some problems this week that have make me suspicious that I've been hacked (like having the password on one of my internet services changed) so I've been doing some investigating. One of the unusual things my search turned up is that I have multiple copies of the svchost.exe …

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I have XPhome and if I power cycle my computer I have no control over my USB Logitech trackball mouse until I unplug and plug it back in then every thing works fine. If I restart windows the mouse works fine. This isn't a major problem, as I leave the …

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I have DSL, and was told that there is no speed loss when using a router for up to 4 pc connections. This seems to be confirmed when downloading from one site and surfing the net on my laptop, I do not notice any speed changes. So, on to my …

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Hi can anyone help me? i inadvertently quick formatted my hard drive, which at first has 3 partition 1 for windows the other 2 for files. but now it is 1 big ntfs partition. is all my file deleted? is there a way to recover some of my files? pls …

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Hi, A newbie here. I'm a competent PC user and have never had a problem with my own machine but my Dad has been hit a few times (probably been tricked into downloading / installing nasties as he is not the most PC savvy?) His computer is running Windows 2000. …

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hello, I have followed suit with everyone else and downloaded hijackthis, here is my log file, any help on this situation would be greatly appreciated Nicholas Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:51:35 PM, on 8/2/2007 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …

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Background : Hi recently I took a new assembled PC with Windows XP installed on it. I wanted to install Linux on it and i did so. But after that my Windows XP os was not working fine so I uninstalled Linux. Later on I could able to work on …

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help me please I ran the Vundofix and of course it couldnt remove all the culprits. Hope I'm posting this right as the popups are almost crippling and I couldnt get AvG to update for me it just wanted to hang. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at …

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I have an old acer computer lying around It's got a AMD K6 300 in it with 64megs of ram and a 6.5 gig hard drive. My friend showed me this really cool game called HALO by microsoft. I wanted to know how to setup a game server either on …

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Hi, I am trying to setup a dedicated game server for about 150000 players to start of with on the internet and then I hope that about 300000 players will start playing it. I have done some research and caluclations. But need to find some more information on it. I …

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Which free anti-spyware is better? I've used Spybot Search & Destroy, but now it's too old. I hesitate between Ad-Aware 2007 and Spyware Terminator. Or maybe there is something better?

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Just set up a newly formatted wife's PC on our home LAN (Westell Router) with XP Home (previously it was using XP Pro). Cant get access to my XP Pro PC on network with wife's XP Home system although I can readily access hers and send and move files between …

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My screen has started flashin occasionly to a black screen then goes back to normal, the it will goes black for a bit lnger and the message out of frequency appears bouncing round the black screen, my computer power light is still on but i have to press reset, i …

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Hello Everyone, I have an old (3 years) Compaq Presario 2500 (p/n DP662AV) laptop that was working fine until my son spilled a cup of water in it. He then proceeded to turn it off, clean up the outside, pack it away in its case, and not tell me about …

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I can't burn dvd's or cds. I have sent them the error messages in log files and also the info tool info. Anyone else experienced this? Is there something else out there that works better for burning cds and dvds?

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I have an 80gig HD that has been partition 10gig local disk(c:) & 70 gigData(D:0 the main one been 10gig I want to un partition it to make it one 80gig but not sure what to do.

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I have a computer problem that is stumping me. I have a 32M flash usb memory stick that works just fine on one of my computers in the office but not on the other three. All the same model dells. The one it works on has some different soft ware …

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I've been infected by an virus that seems pretty resistant to normal removal techniques. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Run AVG (formerly Ewido) - clean 2. Run Adaware - runs clean 3. Run HijackThis! - log below shows the offending vermin 4. …

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I'm mad :@, sad :(, and badly treated ... by IE7:confused: . I thought Firefox was safe, and now boo-hoo, it's crashing too! :'( You KNOW there's a looooooooong post coming ... BUT FIRST - this related question? Does anyone know what this reg entry is, please: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1659004503-492894223-725345543-1004\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplore.exe!=W=1 Only …

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not long ago the headphone and speaker jacks on my PC hav a static sound constanly goin no matter wot earphones or speakers i use the normal sound still works but its hard to hear because of the sound. is there sumthing wrong wiv tha sound card :?:

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Can someone please help me clean up spyware? Crunchie, Gerbil? Anyone? You all are so great! Thanks in advance for any advice! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:43:10 PM, on 7/9/2007 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 …

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Ok so my computer decided to die on me. it was running windows vista ultimate, but it was upgrade only so i have to install xp first. For some reason i cant get xp to work. I have burned a xp cd a few times and it works on my …

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I ran vundo in Windows Vista .. i got nothing to delete although windows defender tells me other wise . I ran hijack and this is the log code it gave me ... please help Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:08:40 PM, on 8/5/2007 Platform: Windows …

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Hello, I did a search several ways and didn't see this addressed and am hoping someone can help me. I have a computer that has a fresh install of windows xp on it. When I went to access a website [url]http://wcmh.weatherplus.com/wxplocal/index.html[/url] the browser locks up and will not unlock - …

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Hi Everyone I hope someone can help - when I log onto the 'net I nearly sometimes get a "PartyPoker" pop up browser pening after a few minutes. I;ve tried Spybot, AdAware and HouseTrendMicro but all to no avail. Can somebody please take a look at my logfile (HijackThis) and …

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OK, this has become real challange for me as I tried almost anything, now I am out of ideas... [B]The story:[/B] It is my friend's old P3 comp, Runs on SOYO SY-7VBA133 mainboard, one small RAM stick, integrated everything, and small HDD. [B]The problem:[/B] The PC was working perfectly untill …

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Hi guys, my p.c has started running very slow on startup. I've removed everything with Ad-aware and Spy Bot. Here is my hi-jackthis log. Thanks in advance for any help. ------------------------------------------ Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 09:51:45, on 03/08/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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G'day, my computer has been running fun no problems at all but recently ive started playing a new game on it 9dragons, not sure if you have heard of it but anyway ive noticed it acting a little funny like after playing trying to shut down and a message comming …

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While I was using Mozilla Firefox today I got a popup telling me to download Win Anti-virus, so I closed firefox via task manager and ran Adaware. About 30 seconds into the scan I had accumulated 9 critical objects when an error message popped up telling me Windows NT had …

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I tried opening my files today on AOL and through Mozilla Firefox, and everything is jumbled up. Usually my files are in alphabetical order, but instead, they have been reassigned in Size order. It makes finding files a lot more annoying. PLEASE help me find a way to change it …

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