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well the title kinda says it all. ive got this flat screen monitor hanging around my house, and i want to use it, because this one is sooooo long, its right in my face when im using the PC. well as i said, i turn the PC on and the …

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Hi All, My XP Pro with SP2 is an upgrade from 98. I can not Right Click on the Desktop. The system just crashes. DrWatsn32.exe will generate a PostMortem and submitting to MS doesn't help. I run up TaskManager and Kill off DrWatsn32 to get Explorer to reload....... I've scanned …

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:mad: [B]I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new [I][U]SATA ULTRA 16 300GB 16MB CACHE 7200RMP Serial ATA/150 [/U][/I]to a [I][U]SATA to IDE Adapter[/U][/I] and …

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About two weeks ago, we had an electrician come to our house to fix some unsafe outlets and rework the wiring a bit. I think he some how changed the wiring so that upstairs is getting more power now (my computer is downstairs). But on that same day, my mom …

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ok so I have looked everywhere and have resolved to the fact that I will have to join to get answers. How do I get rid of the System Alert:Malware threats crap from my computer? :sad:

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Hi, in our office we had problem with one pc. it said keyboard error or no keyboard. Since we needed some docs from that pc, I connected hard disk from that pc to anotherone. We transfered docs and returned disk back. After that when we turned on the PC that …

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Hi guys I just fried my processor a couple nights ago (nice burn marks on it too) it took the motherboard with it. Now I've replaced my mother board and processor and my computer still won't post. I've gone through the trial and error of trying my internal video instead …

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Hi there... My computer occassionally beeps but will not go any further. The sequence of beeps are 1-3-4-3 That is beeps of course. It started a while ago, but only did it like once every 4 months. It happend once last night while the computer was on, the computer froze …

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Hi all,:mrgreen: New to this forum. Have posted this issue in other forums, but to no avail. Basically, I have a used IBM A22m Laptop that is giving me intermittent issues both with the LCD and memory. The LCD is my main issue, because I think the memory is heat …

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i have a belkin router (wireless) and im having problems with some websites not loading include hotmail.com, amazon.co.uk (amazon.com works for some reason). if anyone has solution or some thing for me to try i would be greatfull. :(

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Morning Folks, When RAM is removed / Added to/from a system, does it create a log in the event viewer? And if so what ID is it given? Thanks, gn0m3

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Hi all. I need to know how to setup windows servers (all) to execute a logon script regardless of it being a user, local or domain, terminal server login or a service that executes the logon. Sort of default but it must not prevent the regular group policy or user …

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Hi, I just got a Virus on my PC, I think it's a virus, it's called Abel.exe and it just appeared from nowhere. AVG says nothing. HELP!

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hi, I am going slightly mad here. I wondered if anyone could help me, I have a lexmark X1180 that i cant seem to print with, i can scan , but printing, nothing comes. I have a 12" powerbook runing on OS X - printer connects via usb, Thanx Inua

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I have a core temperature reading occuring in comp running an Athlon 64 3500+ socket 939 cpu that's got me a little concerned. Speedfan is giving me AMD K8 core temperature readings between 44C and 48C when cpu usage is under 10%. 50C is the warning temperature. Below is an …

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This problem only happens when I play Age Of Mythology at any given time during the game. Its happened on other multimedia programs but not offen. Just more so now when I run the game. The computer system completely freezes up including the cursor. And the speakers start buzzing loadly. …

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I had a Toshiba laptop that crashed more than a year ago—it wouldn't start up, and it wouldn't even let me reformat the hard drive. I ended up just getting a new computer. A Mac. :) However, yesterday I decided to try to reformat the old PC. Amazingly, it booted …

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[B]We just got my niece a new mp3 player for christmas - well I am trying to get it ready for her, but..I have no idea what to do. I put in the *driver* cd that came with it ....but all it installed was an MP3 Update for the mp3 …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1Scan saved at 6:46:18 AM, on 10/17/2006Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)Running processes:C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exeC:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exeC:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\nhksrv.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exeC:\PROGRA~1\VCOM\SYSTEM~1\MXTask.exeC:\Program Files\Webroot\Desktop Firewall\WDFLogService.exeC:\Program Files\Webroot\Desktop Firewall\FirewallNTService.exeC:\PROGRA~1\VCOM\SYSTEM~1\mxtask.exeC:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exeC:\PROGRA~1\VCOM\SYSTEM~1\mxtask.exeC:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXEC:\Program Files\MSN\MSNCoreFiles\MSN.EXEC:\WINDOWS\system32\keyhook.exeC:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exeC:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasDtServ.exeC:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exeC:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exeC:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\TrayMon.exeC:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exeC:\Program Files\MessengerPlus! 3\MsgPlus.exeC:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exeC:\Program Files\Webroot\Desktop Firewall\WebrootDesktopFirewall.exeC:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exeC:\Program …

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hi there. I'm writing a book and trying to install a 30 day free trial software of InDesign on my Mac OS 10.3 and it says I don't have sufficient memory to do this. I'm pretty sure thats a lie! I can't find my memory thingy to increase the memory. …

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I formatted and reinstalled XP but now I have two versions of XP. What to do. And I tried at Add/Remove Programs but ther's no other windows

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Hello, I got this problem with my cpu and everytime I play a game called Wolfenstein. the cpu goes all the way to a range of 80-100 % usage. heres a chart [URL="http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chartbc8.jpg"][IMG]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5320/chartbc8.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I had no problems before and I wanted to know if I should buy a new cpu …

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For some reason when I double click anything it won't open. I got to right click it and hit open. I checked the folder settings and mouse setting there correct. I also scanned my computer can someone explain whats wrong.

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HI there, :mrgreen: Just bought a new motherboard and processor and the motherboard has four ram slots two are DDR 184 pin and two are DDRII 240 pins. And I have two questions:- Q1) I currently have two 512 DDR 184 pin PC3200 to fit in the DDR slots but …

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I am trying to help someone add more RAM and I was wondering if a 256MB PC2100 266mhz chip would be able to replace a 128MB PC133 133mhz chip. I would do it and find out but the computer is 50 miles away. Any comments or suggestion help.

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Actually it is a computer here at work. I know PCs pretty well, but I am lost when it comes to Macs. It was booting up for a while, but now it just shows the arrow cursor in the corner. It will move with the mouse. I don't know what …

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I suspect this may have been caused by return of a large, undeliverable file. The message I get from my Mac (iBook running 10.3.9) and Mail (1.3.11) is: "~/Library/Mail/POP:drpamnd1@mail.revealed.net/INBOXmbox" is currently locked by "Pam Taylor" on host Pamela-Taylor-NDs-Computer.local" I've been able to access my e-mail through my ISP and delete …

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I have followed the advice in [this thread](http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread45144.html) installing and using Ccleaner and ewido. Here are my HJT and ewido logs was wondering if someone can have a look at them for me and let me know if everything is ok please? ewido log: ewido anti-malware - Scan report --------------------------------------------------------- …

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Hey Gang, I'm running windows 98se with all the updates from MS. Here's my problem, Put a new dialup modem in my pc, loaded the drivers, everything went just fine, I can get on line, can do everything within windows. But when I try to change display resolution weather from …

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Hi all, my first real post here. I bought this rig: Gateway OEM PC 192 MB RAM (128MB PC130 SDRAM)(64MB PC130 SDRAM) 20gig HDD ATI RADEON 32MB SDR AMD Athlon 900 CPU Creative Sound card CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device CD1 =NEC DV-5700A CD ROM CD2 =LITEON CD-ROM LTN4865 PCI MODEM …

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Ok, so... me being the foolish computer amateur I clicked a link which, norton DID warn me about :-| anyway, I've got a mix of spyware, adware, malware and trojans on my computer. Norton isn't finding anything at all and I've been doing a full system scan every night since …

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I just reformatted my Win SP Pro SP2 machine and now it starts up as the administrator rather then my profile. It doesn't even give me a choice as to which user to use. How can I make it so it starts with the user I want and not the …

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:sad: Can someone help, I have a toshiba satellite pro 4600 which once I power it up, it goes straight to password. My problem is I don't know the password, I purchased the laptop at an auction. I've tried leaving the BIOS battery disconnected, no luck. tried powering up with …

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hey i need some help with my cp, and seeing how this is a tech forum i figure ill find it here. A little while back my computer stopped starting up. I keep getting the following message, afterwhich i clicked a option it freezes. any ideas? We apologize for the …

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I've read rumors about google working on their own linux distro. Can any one comfirm this?

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Hey guys, I'm new here and figured I would ask you all what I signed up to ask. I have a carputer and decided on swapping out the USB 802.11 for something else more usefull to me. Currently I must connect to the carputer through a Ad-hoc connection on my …

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I copied folders/files to a back up hard drive. Now that I have reinstalled WIN XP on my primary hard drive. I can see however, I can't access all of the folders on the back up hard drive. I get "The folder 'D:\name' isn't accessible. The folder may be located …

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I recentley baught a used HP Pavilion 6535, 466MHZ Celeron. for my daughter to use for doing school work. The comp was working fine I came home from work and NTLDR is missing is what I found. If she did something she not telling me what it was any way …

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Hello, i was looking at two mobo's and one supports ata/133 and the other umda/33,66,100,and133. What is the difference, and which is faster? Also can i get a suggestion on which mobo is better,(possibility for upgrades, features, and overall speed)? [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1943172&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1959170&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] Any help would be much appreciated:lol:

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First of all I have looked elsewhere on the forum and (unless I have missed it) I couldn't find any prevoius mentions of my type of problem. Forgive me if this is not the case. I have a Netgear DG834GT router connected to my ISP (Orange in France). Connected to …

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Hi I'm having problems with my Dell system. I've got Blue Yonder on here and I'm getting loads of casino popups etc and the system is running really slowly, also after I tried to get rid of them I've got this rundll error appearing on startup. I found a link …

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while installing an update for Apples Itunes-Quick time the install stopped with this message. Quick time would not install. thanks

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One of the laptops i use has been hijacked and whenever i log onto it...a command pops up called runsvr32.exe and den the backround changes to blue saying i have spyware threats on my computer and has a link to [URL="http://www.total-protection.com"]www.total-protection.com[/URL] or something of the sort. Also i have pop …

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Hi, I've an old PC with a 266 mhz CPU and just upgraded to 256MB RAM (though the motherboard can only cache 64MB RAM), running Win 2000 Pro (fully updated). I've set it up as an MP3 playing 'jukebox' connected to my stereo in the living room and have plugged …

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I have windows xp pro and everytime I boot up the improperly shut down screen comes on after bois. This is a recent development from my fiddeling with a slave HD. I start in windows normally and everything works perfectly, Master and slave HD, cdrw, A: drive. I restored back …

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hey all, my comp wont start all of sudden... seen alot around on this but nothing very definitive basically you turn the power on, fans run but the monitor shows no signal and the comp does not boot, there are no system beeps tried several things including resetting the CMOS, …

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I have read several (numerous really) threads but none of them help me. My computer has two huge hard drives. I have Windows XP on the master drive and I want to install fedora 5 on the slave. During the fedora installation there is a window that says grub will …

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My notebook has some trouble: When the notebook is connected to the AC Adaptor, it starts to boot but automatically shutdown after the 'Sony' logo. It can't be reboot afterward for a short period of time (usually 5-10 minutes). However, there is no problem when it is not connected to …

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Hi folks, I've been absent from the forum for quite a while, Not that I ever brought any knowledge to the table...:cheesy: I'm in need of some advice and would appreciate any help. The specifics are: 1 airport express 1 iMac 2ghz intel core 2 duo (AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x87) …

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