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| | I'm trying to get rid of some annoying popups that are titled Aurora. This is a copy of my HijackThis log...: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:25:26 PM, on 5/17/2005 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\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe … |
 | I keep getting these error messages and my browsers. . IE, FoxFire, and Enigma keep crashing. I was told to rename my host files to oldhosts and let my machine download new ones. It worked for a couple of days but now the problem is back. Can someone please help … |
| | Any help would be greatly appreciated for the following problem: Last week I couldn't log in to my hotmail account as it rejected my password, ( which I have been using for the last 5 years). I had to login by using the "Provide account information and answer your secret … |
| | hey everyone! first off, im running Windows xp (dont laugh plz) with a 56k modem. i have been having the prob recently where my modem keeps wanting to dial into the internet. even when my pc is sitting doing nothing, the dial up window will pop up and automatically start … |
| | My PC is currently Windows XP with SP1. Because of some recent problems I need to perform a Windows XP Repair. I have just slipstreamed my original (non-SP1) Windows XP CD with SP2 so now I have a single, bootable Windows XP disk with SP2 integrated. My question is this... … |
 | Hi, just curious. By going into DOS and typing oh say: [code] Format C: [/code] and then answering yes, does that make the format ntfs or fat32? Thanks in advance, oh and whats the useable memory loss after formatting in FAT.  |
| | Help., I run the Microsoft Anti Spyware & Ad ware YET...The homepage gets HI JACKED... Can anyone help along those lines please  |
| | Hi, Read a couple of posts about Aurora and they seem to be specific to individual machines I have downloaded Hijackthis and saved a log shown below. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Mark. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 11:47:54, on 14/05/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) … |
| | Hi Everyone! I need a PDF Creator, but I was looking at the price of Adobe Acrobat and yikes! I decided to try some freeware and if it works for me, then to move on. . .Is PDFFactory any good? Can anyone suggest to me an EASY software that I … |
| | I recently encountered this virus and am unable to remove it. It also seems to have disabled my Task Manager. I've run Spyware Doctor, SpyBot: S&D, Registry Mechanic, done numerous online scans but have been unsuccessful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  |
| | I bought this laptop yesterday from Staples. It is a Compaq Presario with XP. It is fully ready for internet with all the built in wireless stuff. I was playing on it today and it said that there was a wireless network to connect to and asked if I would … |
| | Hello All, I'm a first-timer. I can't figure out what I did to my iBook. I have a first-generation white (G3) iBook running OS 9.2. I was attempting to hook it up to a modem and a wireless router when something went wrong. The following is a description of the … |
| | Firefox works fine. I've scanned and cleaned, and got rid of Aurora but still just a white screen on hotmail or msn. Well here's my hijack. Any help is gladly appreciated. Thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:22:56 PM, on 05/12/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | hi, incase u remember me, im previously "omw" got a new ati radeon 9600xt 128(maybe an entry level card for some)...instaled catalyst 5.3. result was very chopppy performance. ive an old p3 1ghz 256 mb ram, 200 watt pwr supply. surprisingly the performance of my mx 440 64mb was better … |
| | Hello there, I have Windows 98 SE and I'm having a problem defragging. It gets to 46% and then takes 2 hours to get to 47% and then freezes and will go no further. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had come out of everything through Ctrl+Alt+D, just leaving … |
| | Okay Guys Please help me out wit this (For those who dont know the whole story go to the old post) AT: [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6141-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=96492&messageID=1095726[/url] I No Longer have a Compaq Computer. Now what i have done is Bought this MSI K7N2 DELTA2 MotherBoard and case.I did buy a new in the …  |
| | :rolleyes: Hi! I have some new problem in Internet. When I click on some site links, white page is just opened. So I can see just the main pages of the sites. What can it be? How to fix this problem? This is my HT file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 … |
| | hi all - i am new to this forum but have an urgent question. I am an mac user by nature, but my question relates to a pc (my mothers actually). the pc in question is (as listed in its system requirements) AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor 128 MB RAM system … |
| | 'ello one and all, how have you been? work done at this site is simply fabulous! I need some help as to:- 1. Ad-aware stops scanning when it hits "Documents and Settings\.......\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHistory012005051220050513. Never happened before 2. Before this ad-aware scan always contain "MRU" files a. What are they b. … |
| | Hello, I recently bought a 250gb hard drive to use in a disk caddy as a removable back for my other two 120gb drives. When I went to format it, I could only get 127gb. I found out that this could be due to my BIOS and unable to find …  |
| | :sad: Hi, My PC had recently been attacked by HackTool.Rootkit virus. I went through some of the instructions that were posted in this forum and was able to remove it partially. But the virus is still lurking somewhere in my PC and i'm unable to remove it completely. Well, here's … |
| | After 2 days of fighting this nasties and doing most of what this site moderators recomeneded: HJT cures, silentruner, and find-it's. Then l run again spysweeper 3.5 trial version, (coz still looking for a better tool that wipe problems with one click). I still in the spysweeper reports, after a … |
| | Hi there, I'm suffering from various bugs and would greatly appreciate anyone taking the time to scan through this and let me know how to clean things up. Cheers, Em Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:16:45, on 04/05/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 … |
| | Hi there, I have a problem and I'm hoping someone can help. The computers not been well recently, I've reinstalled O/S and used a variety of bug killers and all seemed ok. Problem is that in the last week I've been prompted to reactivate windows four times due to hardware …  |
| | i recently got my airport extreme card.. and i installed it.. with the software that came with it.. i went to barnes n nobles and starbucks.. but i could NOT get a connection it was my first time trying to get a connection, so i went to the public places …  |
| | Computer is 3-4yrs old PIII-500MHz, Win98SE OS. When I attempt to power up the computer, everything appears to load as it has in the past. However it never gets past the Windows logo display. I have attempted to boot in safe mode (same issue). I am able to access the … |
| | For about the same cost, I can get either the previous version G5dp 2.0, or the current G5dp 2.0. The difference is in the max RAM slots (8GB max vs 4GB max) and the 64MB video card vs 128MB. I do graphics with big files (no video) using PShop and …  |
 | This is an updated hijackthis log from my PC and it don't look very good. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:24:09 PM, on 5/14/2005 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE … |
| | Hello all... I have a problem with my laptop battery not wanting to charge all the time. I have one or two ideas and what to run them by some other folks and get their opinion. Background info: Toshiba Satellite 3005-S304 - (1 GHz machine with XP home installed) I … |
| | I recently had a problem with a hitch hicker, after dealing with the main problem I was left with a couple of small problems which I've been able to track down. A friend suggested that I try "System Mechanic 5" to run down the remaining problems, I did, and while … |
 | After booting up in ME I get the message "Hpsom has caused an error in OLEAUT32.DLL. Hpsom will now close" Can anyone tell me what this means please? Everything seems OK although the printer (HP) seems to take ages to start to print when required, and the system crashes - … |
| | From a cold boot on my computer I get nothing but a Windows explorer error message, no icons, nothing... wallpaper comes up but nothing to help me move forward to control panel etc. can anyone tell me how to bypass through the system if I can't get to control panel … |
| | I'm having problems with AIM ever since I got these little goodies on my computer. Here is a log from HijackThis. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:13:04 PM, on 5/15/2005 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\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe … |
| | I would like to bridge my two Network cards so that I can share my wireless internet connection. I have 1 Wirless Lan card and one 10/100 Bit Lan card. The problem I have is when I go to the properties of the 2 Nic cards and Uncheck Internet connection … |
| | Hi, I've been using word for a long time and had set up macros to do signatures for letters, but in the last couple of weeks every so often they don't work, and now they never work!! This is the code: Sub Chris() ' ' Chris Macro ' Macro recorded … |
| | I saw a thread about deleting certain programs and other such things. Search Extender is one of them, its disabling my AIM and its hindering my computer badly, Ive tried a bunch of things from another thread, and it hasnt done much. And now my folders wont open... anyways, heres … |
| | Hey guys (especially Crunchie), You guys dug me out of a qaugmire about a year ago. I had trojans, adware, spyware, hijackers, malware, you name it. After I was rescued, I switched to Mozilla FireFox, and have been problem free since then, and certainly more proactive in preventing problems. I … |
| | OK, new user, i think this is the right place, but please move if not. I've installed Symantec antivirus, Adaware, Spybot, Xoftspy and run hijackthis. I've read every thread i can find to fix most of the problems already, but have a few "left" The machine was heavily infested with … |
| | I find the LOP junk has installed itself on my PC. Have used SpyFerret which claimed to remove it but its still there. It has hijacked my home page and lists loads of rubbish in Favourites and a new search bar. How can these people be allowed to do such … |
| | Not just my browser, but my entire computer probably. I'm running WinXP Svc Pk2 on a 2 gig machine with 512 megs of mem. My pop-up, spyware situation is like an ants nest. I've run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Microsoft and CW Shredder. I've searched for new downloads, and there weren't many; … |
| | I was hoping yu could helr me out... every time y star my msn messenger it will crash and say there's an unknown error... i've tried eveything but nothing works please help me.  |
 | Hi, a friend of mine has told me that his computer has error message that keeps popping up that reads something to this effects "Cannot Load Engine 0400 Dll"? Thats all I got so far. I am still waiting on him to give me more information so I can pass … |
| | (NB! This is NOT one of those widely discussed cases described in KB281679) I am having a major trouble with my home computer. Internet explorer refuses to open links in new window. If a link itself wants to open new window, or I force it do so by shift-clicking, nothing … |
| | I have been trying to get Flash Player to download and it won't do anything can some one Please help me figure out how to get it to download. |
| | Okay Guys Please help me out wit this (For those who dont know the whole story go to the old post) AT: [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6141-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=96492&messageID=1095726[/url] I No Longer have a Compaq Computer. Now what i have done is Bought this MSI K7N2 DELTA2 MotherBoard and case.I did buy a new in the … |
 | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change the Start Menu Style[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]Does the new Windows XP Start menu take up too much space on your desktop? You can easily change the look back to the Windows Classic Start menu by following … |
 | Ummm, I dont really know whats the problem... I bought a new Bytecc Aluminum 3.5" HDD Enclosure and installed my 200gb ata100 drive in it. I plugged it in and the system recogized a USB Mass Storage. The drive is already formatted with over 100gb of stuff. I cant see … |
 | I want to put up a dual boot freeBSD partition on my Win2Kpro machine but have NTFS. Is there anything I can do to make the existing files shareable? |
| | My computuer case front speaker wiring is listed as such: mic in-, ground, spkout r, return r, mic bias, spkout L, return L My motherboard wording is as such: 1.mic, 2. gnd, 3. ref, 4. power, 5. front audio r, 6. rear audio r, 7. reserved, 8. no pin, 9. … |
| | I need a little advice now, and probably a lot more in the future!:rolleyes: I am new to Linux, and use Windows XP right now, although my current opinion is that MS-DOS is the best OS ever invented.:mrgreen: I also know next to nothing about programming, although I would like … |
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