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| | I installed my xp home on my dauter's computer. Why? long story. I can't register it because the cd came installed on my dell, I have to purchase another key. I'm screwed (she is). I can't get any updates. I ran housecall and it came up with 5 pages of … |
| | I have brought a Seagate 250gb external USB hard drive to make backups with. One of my computers, a Dell Dimension 2400, will not boot if the drive is connected. THis makes it impossible to backup using Norton Ghost 2003. THe drive does, however, work on another (though newer) Dimension …  |
| | I just got a new laptop about a week ago and I noticed that there are some issues with the keyboard. When I use the left shift button and press p, double quote, question mark (maybe a few more buttons too), it becomes backspace. (it begins deleting previous characters) If … |
| | I tried to restrict users from editing the local group policy in my computer just for security but not knowing... that doing that locally (computer not in a domain) will affect all the users who logs in in that certain PC even the Administrator account. HERE IS THE CAUSE:!!! What …  |
| | I have a dell latitude laptop and I would like to connect my Compaq moniter to it so that I have a bigger screen. How do I do that? Thanks in advance for your help! |
| | About a month ago my power supply went out and killed my motherboard with it. So after getting this fixed and putting in a 500 watt power supply with dual fans, the computer was running great again. Then about a week ago my computer shut off without warning. I let … |
| | A network cable is unplugged" repeatedly flashing on networked computers. Thanks  |
| | when i turn on my computer just before the windows xp starts up a black screens appears and nothing happens. i tried repairing it using the windows cd.....nothing happened. i loaded my best performance thingy (someone said that might help, don't really know)...didn't work. then i re-installed xp twice and … |
| | I recently bought a radeon 9550 (256 mb) for my computer. It replaced my old radeon 7k (32 mb). Well it occasionally, after maybe 30 minutes - 1 hour, it restarts by itself. Also, when I play video games, I only play a few minutes of it then my computer … |
| | [size=2][color=Indigo][font=Comic Sans MS]My husband has just bought an iMac G3 333mgz, with a broken CD Rom Drive. We know that to load Mac OS with an internal drive, you press the C key on start up, but how do we go about it from an external USB drive? :o[/font][/color][/size] |
| | This problem just happened yesterday after I had to manually shut down (used power button) my computer after it froze. Now when I try to load up IE, it "halfway" opens up (you can see parts of the interface) and just freezes. I thought maybe it was an IE problem, … |
| | Well, I recently got an iLo monitor from Walmart in December, and there are two extremely annoying things going on with it. 1- It makes a really annoying buzzing sound, the kind that quickly drives you insane. It never goes away, and it's been doing this for a while now. … |
| | everytime I write the word virus ie close itself the only way I can look into google virus search is in safe mode. so I cant install any anti-virus... I haven't found the problem yet I used the last version of ad-aware with the updates I also used the last … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hey, great work people… my comp is stuffed has been for ages, the main problem I have these days is the slowness an the internet lag… not restricted to being on the net though… always so slow, Rundll32 starts at start up an causes the “work offline” internet box to …  |
| | Norton was so kind as to let me know I have the "downloader" virus, used to be trojan.downloader(something like that). Norton couldn't delete it. I tried to delete it manually in safe mode and it said that it was being used by another program or person and couln't delete it. … |
| | My home network consists of a Linksys BEFSR41 V2 router that connects my two desktops and a printer to each other and through the cable modem to the internet. I just bought a Linksys WRT54G V5 wireless router. I want to use it to connect to my old HP notebook … |
| | hi guyz, I've recently built my PC from scratch (took a while too hehe), and i went with the option of not putting in any floppy drives at all, as i thought i won't be using it anymore since i can back up all my bigger files onto cds & … |
| | hi everyone, my mum was given a XP pro and when she got there was no recyclie bin???? it says that it is sending stuff to the recyclie bin but we can not find it???? can anyone help me????plzzz |
| | Hi for about a week i have been having this problem with my wireless internet connection. I cant connect to games and i cant connect to p2p programs too like limewire etc but surfing the net is fine. Whenever i click the repair button on that littel LAN connection icon … |
| | i just formatted my hard drive using the "hp restore plus" cd. im now experiencing comsiderably slower performance than before i had formatted.windows startup is noticeably slow and perfomance has just decreased drastically on the whole my machines a P4 2.6ghz, with two 512mb sticks of RAM and a 40gig … |
| | I have accidentally turned on the parental controls and cannot turn them off as I cannot remember my password, help! |
| | To all you brave people who maybe are going to try and help me fix my problem. After some cleaning work I done on my computer I mentioned that I accidently removed the sound operating system. (or whatever you would like to call it). To get it back I tried … |
| | My modem keeps losing connection with the cable.I have used a splitter for the tv and computor.But seems to lose connection even if the tv isn't on,any advice would be more then welcome.Anne |
| | Hey all, I'm in the process of choosing parts for a new system I plan to build, but I always get horribly confused when it comes to choosing RAM. I'm planning on getting an AMD 64 3800+ processor. My first question is would it be better to take advantage of … |
| | I have two Dell computers, a desktop and a laptop both running XP. Both are and have been connected to each other in a home network for several months. They were connected using Win XPs Home networking wizard. Yesterday morning an error message began flashing on the computers, stating that … |
| | Followed instructions (previous post) ran LSPfix used HJF; deleted all mentioned could not delete (in safe mode) wininetd.exe ( Windows using) still cannot access My computer, My documents etc from Desktop pardon my lack of " skills"; appreciate additional help here is updated LOG: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved … |
| | so this powerbook g4 1ghz starts then 3 beeps i know this (or think this is a ram prob) but before this i was starting then getting to the grey screen and the apple icon then that dark grey box with the hold the button to restart message the one … |
| | OK Guys I need help with my laptop Its a compaq presario 2500 running SP2 the problem(s) is/are that things have been dissappearing It all starts on startup where it pretends to freeze and when i press ALT+CTRL+DEL it unfreezes but then a message saying "Task Manager Has Been Disabled … |
| | I have just installed a 19" flat monitor screen to my Windows 2000 Professional. It tells me my screen must be 1280 x 1024. If I put it to this then my Internet pages only fill half the screen. Can someone help me to resolve this. I did have it …  |
 | Visual C++ Error - Buffer Overrun Detected! I have had no success getting rid of this error message. When you open IE, the error is generated. If you immediately open IE again, it works fine. After about 5 minutes, when you open IE again, the error message reappears. I noticed … |
| | Greetings, i have gotten a nasty guard.tmp virus/spyware (Look2Me) I have managed to delete most of the dirt, but there is still one dll file that i cant get rid of. Also i get a message when i start my computer "something from rundll.exe having problems starting guard.tmp" This is … |
| | Have e-machine t2692 / xp home ed. Originally had 250w power supply. System died. Replaced with 300w power supply as recommended by e-machine. Everything came back up with the following exceptions: speakers don't work (I can live with this) none of the usb connections work (4 back & 2 front) … |
| | I don't really understand which socket is compatable with it. A site said: "Only compatible with new Intel 965 and 975X socket 775 Motherboards (Older 975 boards are not compatible)" Are they all socket 775? Most importantly, which one is best? Thanks. sorry for being stupid, I'm doing this for … |
| | Norton AV found a backdoor trojan virus under C:\Windows\etc\services.exe but cannot quarantine nor delete the file. Whenever we try to access our yahoo email, we get this "Cannot find server or DNS Error" message. Please help. |
| | I have a similar problem to others with a virus alert on my taskbar (now dissappeared) which has lead to unwanted pop ups for security and adult friend finders - I have been away and assume a colleague has used my computer to downlaod codecs? My Start Page on IE6 …  |
| | Hello, everyone! I joined the forum to find some help for my problem. It seems very similar to that related in this thread -- [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html[/URL] . I've searched for answers, and the best seems to be found here. :lol: I did have Norton System Works on this machine, which I … |
| | Guys once again I think I have contracted either a virus or tanted program. Today my DSL (sbc) started running very slowly, I rebooted, system restored, ran all virus programs, and even tried different cables with no luck. Called their tech, he pinged, I pinged, he checked for known problems … |
| | Hi everyone, can someone PLEASE PLEASE help me? I am going round in circles and there is no way out. I cannot access secure sites, like banking, etc. I have tried the usual things like parental controls and resetting my .dlls and security settings and also a few other things, … |
| | Hi Is it possible to upgrade the firmware on a hub? and if it is, are there any linux upgrades? |
| | First, the problem started this way. The computer was brought to me because it would dial up but would not open websites. I investigated and found that it would not resolve a host name. The DNS servers were correct and are functioning fine so the problem was on the computer. … |
| | My computer worked fine one night, but in the morning i went to turn it on and it wasnt working. I built my computer with a friend, i have a [I]ibit IS7 motherboard[/I] and a [I]pentium 4 processor[/I]. This happened once in 2004 and i took it to a computer …  |
| | I would appreciate any assistance which could be provided in the removal of the exasperating Amaena/Win Fixer popups. TIA! :) |
| | I need help on removing two things, entitled atmclk.exe and dcomcfg.exe. I'm constantly getting security alerts and infection warnings from them, as they've showed up on my taskbar. I'm not entirely sure how I got them. Here's my HJT log. EDIT - Sorry, I forgot to close everything before I … |
| | Hi I have 2 logs, from a scan of my wife's laptop. 1) HJT ogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:12:50 PM, on 01/07/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\ibmpmsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\Program … |
| | Hi. I'm having problems w/ only one of the laptops on my network. When I browse with IE or Firefox, the browser stops working after 2-5 minutes. I get "Page Cannot be displayed" errors and "Cannot find server or DNS error". If I reboot, I can surf for 2-5 minutes … |
| | I am 13 and I tried everything I could to remove whats on my computer. I have trojan guarder gold version (from downlosad.com) and it keeps says I have winupd. What is it and can I remove it and how? I also have homesearch as a homepage and can't get … |
| | In the attached link there is a performance comparison between 32bit and their parallel 64bit softwares for different CPUs(under Windows XP 64bit). As we can see passing to 64bit brings to an improvement up to more than 100% !!! [url]http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1959&page=24[/url] |
| | Last night after I shut down my computer, it started making a clicking noise (more so than a beeping noise). Now it won't start up :( I'm not very hardware orientated, so I'm baffled as to what's wrong. The mobo fan, psu fan and graphics card fan all run when … |
| | Hey, I work on the Help Desk .. our Novell administrator just moved us from NWAdmin to ConsoleOne and we are unable to find a way to search for a user by their last name. I found how to search by given name for the first name. In NWAdmin, they … |
| | We have a linksys BEFSX41 at our Main office that is running two vpn's to our branch offices. both of our branch offices have BEFSX41's as well. We have been running fine for about 2 years and then all of a sudden 6 months ago we started having problems. The … |
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