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Hi, I just purchased a computer from a place that sells refurbished PCs and laptops. The computer, however, does not appear to work. When I turn this computer on, I get a message right after the Dell blue screen at start up that reads as follows: "strike F1 to retry …

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Hi everyone, my PC keeps on shuttng down everytime after 1 minute to 3 minute after starting up. Sometimes the window start up ok then shut down itself. Even if I go to the BIOS setup, it does not give me enough time to reset to default settings. I unplug …

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Hi, I am using windwos xp pro with sp2 and norton internet security protection tool. but my pc shuts down within 10 seconds of starting without any valid reason and then it restarts itself. It does not shut down completely, but this cycle of starting and then restarting continues to …

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Hi, I have a simple ".htaccess" file which needs to do two simple things; It needs to allow php in normal htm and html files, and use my customized error pages. The following code is the contents of my entire .httaccess file: [code] ErrorDocument 400 /error/error400.htm ErrorDocument 403 /error/error403.htm ErrorDocument …

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I recently had a virus problem and virus protection took care of it but i read this thread [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread36931.html[/URL] with the same problem and it said i should download Hijack This and post a log so here is my log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:28:42 AM, on …

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I'm running through the Malware Removal Guide I found through MajorGeeks and have discovered that I am unable to download the GetRunKey file as it states. I googled the file name and found Daniweb. Can anyone help me? My computer has been on a rapid downhill slide thanks to my …

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Anyone know any good software that can be used to analyze log files from iis. Or create their own log files? Example... You got a web server running on iis and you want to know how many megs you transferred in a day or whatever. Or you want to know …

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Here is the setup. XP MCE 2-320gb hdd set up in raid 1 with the os on one partition along with apps the other partition has the videos and pics etc. If I want to upgrade the os to vista what will I need to do? Am I going to …

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Hey, If look in the XP Forum, you'll find a thread about and the problems I have had with it. Well, I have this computer that is running slow for some reason. At first I thought it was a Virus/Spyware problem, but then after I did a Virus and Spyware …

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Dear Anyone. Computer crashed due to a very large and nasty virus, so I reformatted the hard drive, deleted all partitions to force the Windows install disk to repartition (that way the virus couldn't be hiding in the partitions!) and Windows reinstalled. That was fine. Went to Control Panel, couldn't …

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Hey, I have a Maxtor III One touch External HDD. Its works.....100%, but it makes like a vibrating noise.....I went to Maxtor.com and went through the diagnostics tests and told me that there was nothing wrong with the HDD. Personally, I agree with them, but I don't think a External …

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:?: Can i install a 1GB DDR2 stick and a 256MB DDR2 stick together in dual channel mode ? If i can't, then tell me to install them in the best possible way for the best performance .

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can anyone help me , i had my mate on the phone last night with a number of problems , i sorted them all out (which was no easy task over the phone to someone that doesnt know their around a pc ) apart from one problem and that was …

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[COLOR=#555555]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I do not know whether or not to buy two 8MB ATA 133 Hard Drives or a single 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive. I would extremely appreciate any help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]If I buy the two ATA 133 Hard Drives then I would put it on my motherboards integrated raid (0). …

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I use a MSI motherboard, and currently one single 512MB DDR ram chip. I have two slots on the baord. I want to know if with the existing 512BM card, can i simultaneously use a 1GB chip?? Also, if the above method is not possible, should i go for an …

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Geesh, the title just about says it all. I know its an older machine and good for about nothing, but all we use it for is storage. I know its there, cuz I see it on my network, but I don't have anything shared that I need to get off …

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[B][COLOR=royalblue]I don't know what else I can do?! My computer kept freezing up so my brother in law deleted everything off my computer and reinstalled Microsoft XP hoping to fix the problem. It didn't fix it! It still freezes up on me, when I am in the middle of doing …

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hya, hope every1 is orite.i bought a wireless laptop and i need help on what things i can do after connecting to a wireless network.i have already connected to the wireless router at work, it says connected but i cant access even the internet. please helppppp chess

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I have found a data miner on my computer called Alexa Data Miner. How do i get rid of this? My friend said it was nearly impossible to get rid of them? Is that true? Any suggestions?

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its a small problem but im pretty new to this. i dont seem to have a few sound drivers an i an unable to find them any place. its a new build asus p5nsli. the prob is with the onboard sound... there is non at all...with winXP Pro when i …

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[COLOR=Black]Hello. I'm a newbie so if I am repeating an old posted question, sorry! I'm adding a RAID1 SATA pair of drives to my machine. My hope is to copy everything from my existing IDE boot drive (currently C: ) and running Windows and evrything else from the new set. …

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Hi, I am on [URL="http://forums.devshed.com/windows-help-34/changing-keyboard-layout-to-uk-english-424342.html#"]Windows xp[/URL] professional with sp2. I just want to see if I can change the keyboard layout to UK English. Can any one please suggest me something as how to go about doing this? Thanks.

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Here's the layout: 2 PC's (Windows XP - Windows 98), connected via LAN (Xlink cable). All drivers/clients/services/protocols up and running. On the XP side is NVIDIA's firewall. All went well until I've done some changes on the Win98 PC that required me to pull out the LAN adapter. After I …

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First of all, EVERY time I start up my computer in normal mode, i get two pop up's saying something like: "C:\Program Files\Linksys\Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\Odhost" was terminated in an unsualy way. And the other window is a bunch of letters/numbers combinded. Also, I sometimes get Dr. Watson windows coming up. …

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Hi people, I've recently found that there is no audio from my speakers, but Windows does play system sounds from the onboard(?) speakers on the base unit. Having tried the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" I've noticed that all the options are ghosted out so I can't select them! Any …

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Background: I usually check my 13 y/o son's laptop once per month and run AdAware on it to clean out any unwanted stuff. Usually things aren't that bad with only 3-4 tracking cookies found. Yesterday, it found 25! I then looked at his Startup items (via msconfig) and saw a …

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Hello. Yes, I finally upgraded again to X 3.9. But if I right click an image to save to a folder or such, I have to click the Option key to get the Contextual box to change from Save to Desktop to Save As. Just wondering if there is a …

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Hi folks, hope you're doing well :) I need your help. I have this really annoying thing happening on my computer that I can't seem to stop. Whenever I start Windows XP, this program/spyware/virus keeps taking away the focus of the active window. Nothing appears on the screen... just the …

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Hi everyone! This looks like a great place, many members, lots of posts, and can't wait to "dig in." But first, a problem . . . I am a heavy user of my PC, and as of the past few months its "behavior" has been troubling. The problem is that …

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"How Do I Overclock A Video Card?" How Do I Overclock A Video Card!!!! I hear this question a lot. Not like the Motherboard where you overclock threw jumpers or overclock in the CMOS video cards can and now are a bit different. How do you overclock a video card …

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Hello - long time reader, first time poster, I own a HP Pavilion a562n, and recently my power supply light has been blinking and clicking without any boot up. I unplugged all the power cables in the computer, and checked the power supply. Without the cables the power supply light …

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Yes i was just working on my sony vaio (making a video from a hockey game) and the screen went black and i cant get it to come back to the desktop. When i restart it says windows is hibernating. does anyone know how to get it off of this …

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I am probably out of synch with your methodology as I ran AVG 7.5 before I found your forum. However, what else is new, so I will post the log with an initial introduction and possibly you can figure out what is going on. Dell Inspirton 3500 laptop, running Win2000 …

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I recently bought a Seagate ATA 250 GB HD (internal) set the jumpers to master and installed it in a Comp USA enclosure to be used as a backup. HD uses USB connectivity. When plugged in the LED in the enclosure has a constant red on top and a slow …

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ive got a new mp3 player/usb storage device and it is not being recgonized when i plug it into the computer.. im on windown xp and have all the updates, when i plug the device in, nothing happens. can anyone help? i'll mail someone 5 bucks if i they can …

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Hey, My moms PC si running unbelievably slow.........I don't think it is a virus, spy ware or something else. I think its something else. I've run my ZoneAlarms Zonelabs Security Suite ant it doesn't pick anything up. I would really like some help because if even though it is a …

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So I've always wondered about dual core processors. If you get an intel core 2 duo cpu, 2.5Ghz, does that mean you get twice the clock speed, so you're getting 5Ghz clock speed?

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Os XP. About a week ago I had about 30% resourse left on 20g c drive of a older computer. and downloaded about 40 pics and I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 8. I checked my resource and and I was very low down to 150mb and was getting alerts. I …

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so i ran the scan log thing and this is what it came up with: --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 10:41:44 PM 2/13/2007 + Scan result: C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\MiniBugTransporter.dll -> Adware.Aws : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). C:\WINNT\dhp2.dll -> Adware.DealHelper : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). C:\Documents and …

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i am posting my hijackthis log...the problems tht i face are 1. my folder options have dissappeared 2. my regidit has dissappeared 3. no "RUN" 4. the computer creates a "new folder" named folder in every removable drive that i plug in my computer. 5. Task Manager gone.. 6. Internet …

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Hey, I got Windows Vista Ultimate, and before I put it in my PC, I want to make sure I the right system requirements. I have 1gb of ram, a Nividia Geforce Graphics card with 512mb. 80gb internal hardrive and a 300gb external harddrive. Lastly I have a AMD athlon …

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I've been having problems with my computer recently and suspect i might have a virus or something nasty on my system. Can someone please take a look at my report and tell me what looks bad? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:13:52 PM, on 2/12/2007 Platform: Windows XP …

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Linux Video Tutorial [URL="http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxcd1yy0.jpg"][COLOR=#0000ff]http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxcd1yy0.jpg[/COLOR][/URL] Download the 5 Files and Rund the exe file to join all CD1 [B][Code][/B] http://rapidshare.com/files/9029010/CD1.zip.1 http://rapidshare.com/files/9108565/CD1.zip.2 http://rapidshare.com/files/9063323/CD1.zip.3 http://rapidshare.com/files/9052210/CD1.zip.4 http://rapidshare.com/files/9066603/CD1.zip.5 http://rapidshare.com/files/9069092/Create_CD1.exe [B][/Code][/B] CD2 [B][Code][/B] http://rapidshare.com/files/9244694/CD2.zip.1 http://rapidshare.com/files/9252144/CD2.zip.2 http://rapidshare.com/files/9274183/CD2.zip.3 http://rapidshare.com/files/9285063/CD2.zip.4 http://rapidshare.com/files/9389137/CD2.zip.5 http://rapidshare.com/files/9389173/Create_CD2.exe [B][/Code][/B] I will upload all other linux Video Tutorials here [B][Code][/B] http://rapidshare.com/users/KPPSUW [B][/Code][/B]

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I tried googling this, but couldn't find anything resourceful. Can someone please tell me how to get Vista on some DVD/R discs ? This is very important ! Thanks.

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Hi. I have an old computer which I haven't used for a long time. It is originally a Packard Bell computer, which I had used beyond its Warranty period and had changed almost every part of the computer (due to it being spoilt) to something of almost equal specs to …

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Hi All Major problem here. Just wantt to know if anyone has any idea what this might be. The computer was asleep at the time the power went off. Now, if I hit the stratup button, the light comes on as I hold the button down, but that's it, not …

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This is my first post so here goes. I have a emachine M6811 laptop that got the blue screen of death. Running the restore CD worked until it felt like turning itself off and just shut off. I have replaced the hard drive and the restore CD has the same …

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Computer getting slower and slower I want bog you down with a lot of words but the problem is browsing the Internet if not on the net my computer changes pages in a flash but a good example is this web net it takes forever to move down a page …

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I have a hp dv6000t laptop 15" widescreen and I installed the base debian system. After I had installed xorg and some other stuff I booted up with fluxbox. The resolution for my laptop was 1024x768. How do I change the resolution? I looked at the xorg.conf file and it …

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I've been trying to put Vista on my computer, but for some reason it is not booting.....thats not my problem. Since I couldn't get Vista on, I put MCE on......when I turn on my PC it takes me to the welcome screen, and asks me to select a user (there …

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