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There is probably a post somewhere out there about this, but what is the general rule on OEM software? I know you don't get the packaging and printed manuals, but are software updates, such as Microsoft updating Windows XP, still available? Any insight that anyone has would be greatly appreciated. …

I received a virus alert from norton regarding hacktool.roofkit. Alert stated that access was denied to fix the problem. I ran Norton scan and Norton could not re-find the problem. After scanning these boards, I downloaded ewido and ran. Results are below. I need advise to determine whether hacktool.....still exists …

Hi Folks...I recently had the good fortune to be given an Athlon A7V8X-X by my nephew who has upgraded. My old computer is an Acer Pentium 3 550. The Athlon fits beautifully in the case but my concern is that even though the power supply plug fits okay into the …

I am running Windows XP & have LQfix.exe, AdAware, SpyBot Search & Destroy, Hijack This, ewido, WinPatrol, etc. I've tried several ways to get rid of pokapoka76, but I must be overlooking something. Your help greatly appreciated! Re: pokapoka76 Hi miles316, Welcome to Daniweb Please start a new topic in …

I recently lost my main drive and had to reload WIN2K. Since then I reinstalled Winamp and each time I switch radio stations or select a file to play the browser opens and provides me with details of my selection. Does anyone know how or what might be causing this …

Hi, im new here and i want to try if this kind of forums works to get rid of my inoing virus.its a trojan.cachecachekit(window\system32\rsdriv) and every time he say he deletes it and after that there comes an other virus W32.spybot.worm and there comes a lot of different file names, …

I'm running kubuntu 5.04, and I am having lots of trouble setting my scroll wheel to work. specifically, in Konqueror or other web browsers. The mouse is a standard, two button and scroll wheel mouse. the applicable portion of my xorg.conf file follows: [CODE]Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option …

Whilst I am burning a DVD project on Nero Startsmart containing video files .avi and .mpg, (what I'm about to explain can happen at different times while burning project onto a disc) a message pops up telling me: "Unable to prepare data for recording; Transcoding of Videos Failed" I have …

I don't have a Windows 2000 computer, but allow me to explain why I would want information on upgrading one. Vista has been the source of a great deal of worry for me over the past few months. I have a laptop that currently has Windows XP Home Edition. It's …

I think my laptop is infected with hacktool.rootkit. When I try to load DAP (Download accelerator) Norton Antivirus 2005 quarantines "skvp.sys" - found in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32. Norton then tells me the virus is hacktool.rootkit but can't remove it. I have tried several full system scans with Norton and others, also in …

Hi everyone, this is my first thread. Hopefully someone can help me. I bought a new motherboard, plugged everything in and I have nothing. It powers up, but I don't get a signal to the monitor. I brought my video card and processor to work to test them here, the …

Is there any way I can know which company or organisation is hosting a particular domain name or website. For example: suppose I want to know which organisation is hosting [url]www.daniweb.com[/url] (just an example). How do I find out?

I'm the most IT litErate person at mY work (which doesn't really sAy much, except I know enouGh to come to the eXperts!) Anyway, I just ran acrosS some weirdness. My co-wOrker's mouse pOinter clicKs raNdomly, opening programs, cloSing documents while he's working, even attempts to send eMails while working …

Hi, I thought I would give linux a try. Is there a free version that is similar to linspire that I can download online? Also, can I set-up windows xp and linux with that MS Virtual PC? Thanks

Hello, This is probably a stupid question, but can anyone tell me how to determine the fastest RAM that can be used with a system besides going to a website like kingston.com and looking up what they recommend? In the past I was told that the FSB speed is what …

Hi, I am looking for some advice and was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am currently building a new PC. I am using some of the parts from my old pc e.g. graphics card, sound card etc, but I am getting a new motherboard and processor among …

Hey, I need some help. Whenever I start up my computer, I get a dialog box that pops up (see below). I did a little google search on "newdot" and found this:[url]http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/newdot~2.dll.html[/url] which doesnt look like something i want. Please let me know how to get this dialog box from …

I continusly receive "Page Cannot Be Found Errors"in IE and "www.page_name_here.com could not be found" errors in Firefox. If I hit refresh several times the pages eventually come up. It doesn't always happen. Error appears about 80% of the time. Refreshing the page over and over again fixes the problem …

I ran all antivirus software and spyware prevention software I could, but nothing worked. I really appreciate any help I could get. Here is my hackthis startuplist: StartupList report, 10/24/2005, 1:23:24 AM StartupList version: 1.52.2 Started from : C:\Documents and Settings\Mr X\Desktop\HijackThis.EXE Detected: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Detected: Internet …

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM!!! THE INTERNET SENDS PACKETS BUT DOESNT RECEIEVE THEM. I CAN ONLY USE THE INTERNET IN SAFE MODE, REGULAR MODE DOESNT WORK (the wireless internet has been working for about 4 months, but now it doesnt). ALSO, WHEN I START UP THE COMPUTER I GET TWO …

:mad: OK, I have already posted one thread and have not gotten any response from my last post which was 2 days ago......I really need someone's help! Here is my latest HIJACTHIS LOG FILE....If you can help.....PLEASE REPLY!! :cry: :!: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 11:59:28 AM, on …

I have been having troubles with my IE, WMP, Norton Antivirus, and my PC slowed down alot, and freezes alot more then it did before. Most of the time I can't open anything without mp pc freezing for about 5 mins. I'm posting a hijackthis log, can someone look it …

New problem I'm experiencing on a Win 2k box that I have not seen before. PC has fully funtional internet, file sharing capabilities in Safe Mode, but has suddenly stopped working in regular windows mode. System contains no viruses, has been swept for spyware and I cleaned out any remaining …

Just out of intest are you and AMD person or an intel

Hi everyone, does anyone here know if it possible to set the computer to use a different language for everything, including keyboard layouts, and everything on screen to be that foreign language too. I run and english UK version of windows XP. I have tried adding more languages using the …

Hi, I'm running WINXP Home Edition. Recently, I attempted to print from Outlook Express and received a script error. I haven't seen this before. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks for your help. Glenn.

I am reasonably compitent with computers, but this is stumping me. My PC is custom built with AMD Athlon XP2400+ and set up with a dual boot configuration which has been running fine for over a year without a glitch, until now. Now it won't boot either configuration, even in …

hi all i have installed and uninstallled no of softwares on that comp. and from few days my floppy drive is been continuously buzzed up and some software is trying to read something from floppy drive its not comming up with any error message not even that no floppy found …

Hi! :cheesy: Somebody help me with this problem: i'm in a network with some friends and i can't share a thing. :sad: When they try to acces my computer from the network places folder they will be asked a the user name and a password.But i don't have any passwords.May …

Having a real hard time with my computer these past few days. When I sometimes click on something like starting up IE or just simply looking into My Computer, my computer freezes up and takes a while to start up again. Once it starts IE though, there's no problem. However, …

Hello, I currently have a motherboard with no SATA support so I may buy a SATA controller but I want to know do you get the same speeds out of a SATA controller than you do with a motherboard with SATA ports.

Hi Sorry if this comes across as a complete drongo, but I wonder if anyone can help me out here? I have a HP Pavillion 482 machine as a desktop and a Packard Bell L easynotes laptop (both operating with XP home edition with SP2). I have replaced my old …

I've a file that I'm trying to remove in the add/remove console,but it just blinks and is still there,I would like to know if there is anything that I can do to remove this.By the way it is John Madden 2006 :mad:

Something is deffinatly wron live updates for norton dont work and neither will my autolook connect please help: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:54:14 PM, on 10/23/2005 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program …

Dani Could you look into this if you had time, probably would not take that long for you. For the higher level URL's to get into the gallery system, I have this in my .htaccess: [CODE]RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^index.html index.php [L,NC] RewriteRule ^rantgirl([0-9]+).html$ index.php?rgom=$1 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^rgom([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ browseimages.php?c=$1 [L,NC][/CODE] I …

So here's me, 3 days and about 20 dvd burn attempts down the line and I STILL can't burn more than a couple of hundred mb reliably. I'm using Nero Ultra edition after my Instant CD/DVD refused to believe I wanted to burn a DVD rather than a CD (God …

I had peoplepc dialup service while in states and now moved to another country. I used uninstall to delete program but now I get page cannot be displayed in ie. I have firefox and it works fine but still need ie to work. I downloaded hijack this and here is …

Let me make sure I am clear. If i plan to host my own domain name all I need to do is: 1. purchase a domain name of my choosing 2. setup my server accordingly to host my site 3. setup an email server to host my mail is this …

My Sony TRV 480 has both USB2 and i link capability I have used the USB2 to transfer ( 450 kbps); looks good to me However I have "heard" that firwire is optimal; Is this true ? I do not have a firewire card; I do not wish to invest …

I bought an external hard drive for my music. But it seems that occasionally when I take my laptop somewhere and then come back Itunes says "original file could not be found." They are easy enough to find again...provided I do it SONG BY SONG...which is very annoying. Is there …

i have a Hawking Technology adapter on Win XP on my other computer in the basement....it has been working fine for 2 weeks...i was only getting a speed of 11 mbps For couple of days ....it says that i am connected to the network...but when i open internet explorer and …

Howdy ya'll - I'm confused - I just walked a friend through updating and immunizing Spybot over the phone and after the immunization was done, my friend said the number of blocked products was 7324! After I updated my own and immunized, there were only 2505 blocked products. How can …

Well, the problem usually happens when I try to open a movie (.wma, .avi, whatever) or even browse a folder with movies. The symptoms are pixelated screen (reminds a TV, or like having the screen set to 400x300 resolution), only a part of the upper-left "view" fits into the screen …

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:04:08 PM, on 10/23/2005 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\HijackThis.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = [url]http://www.dell4me.com/myway[/url] R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet …

Hi, Could anybody guide me how to interpret a l2mfix log. It seems all Greek to me. There is a guide for hijackthis on the net but none for l2mfix.

I was recently infected with the hacktool.rootkit virus. The file msdirectx.sys has been quarantined by my symantec antivirus, but cannot be repaired. Each time I restart my computer, it detects the virus and quarantines it again. I have included my current HiJackThis log and would really appreciate help getting rid …

I installed Firefox a few months ago but have continued to use IE for the most part. Today IE immediately shuts down saying it's encountered an error. It won't allow me to update my AVG or run any online scans using Firefox so I'm not sure what else to check. …

OK... A few weeks ago I started my computer and got the following error message about halfway through the boot up... The MSVCRT.DLL file is linked to missing export NTDLL.DLLgetVersionNumbers.. or something very close to that. It said something about explorer.exe will not load and that I have to reinstall …

Help!! I'm having loads of popups and I don't know why, I've scanned loads of times but nothing gets rid of them. PLease help...please.... StartupList report, 23/10/2005, 01:59:01 StartupList version: 1.52.2 Started from : C:\Documents and Settings\Jamie Lowry\My Documents\hijackthis\hijackthis\HijackThis.EXE Detected: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Detected: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 …

Help!! I have been infected today with this monster of a popup that popsup an add every 30 seconds. I hev to get rid of this as I cant work!! I have tried everything in my capability and I need professional advice. The sites are all endon in a yyy32.html …