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| | This is my first time to post here so please bear with me.I use netzero as my dial-up ISP and here is the problem I am having. (I am using Windows XP Pro) When I click on the NetZero Desktop Icon the connect screen will come up but, before I … |
| | hi i am havin a problem installing windows xp on my computer and i get to the setup is starting wwindos with a blue background and then it freezes and does not do ne thing ne help email male me pls (bravo206@hotmail.com or reply) |
| | I recently bought a laptop from someone in the street and that was a mistake. I only paid 200 dollars for it but when I start it up it wants a username and password. I tried to install a fresh copy of WinXP and It can not copy all the … |
| | Hi folks, A while back you helped me with spyware, so now I am hoping you can help again. I am attempting to load some new software but when i do it comes up file error "cannot find shell.dll" I did a search and it is in there. I also …  |
| | In any Office 97 application if you go to exit after you have made file changes a pop-up says "Do you want to save the changes" followed by three buttons: "Yes" "No" "Cancel". Since installing SP4 on windows 2000 my three buttons say "Cancel" "Yes" "OK" but the functionality of …  |
| | I would appreciate any assistance on a problem that I have had for a long time. I am running Win/XP SP2 using IE6. For the most part I don't have any problems accessing most sites both secure and non-secure. My credit card company was recently acquired and switched their website. … |
| | Just installed a maxtor 200gig hard drive. Got it up and running for a day and transfered lots & lots & lots files to it. It is a third drive, so I installed it with a sabrent pci controler card. Also have 2 cd-dvd player\burners. computer is a Dell 8200 …  |
| | eveytime i visit a website key words are highlited as a link. for example, words like "guitars" or "toys" are highlighted and have a link. i dont think it affects my computer too much (although it may slow it down) but i cant seem to get rid of it. i … |
| | Hey, I have a 15inch tft which is running off a Geforce2 MX400 64mb. I have a problem in that I can't really see any text when the computer boots up in the bios screen, the whole screen is too dark to do anything with, outwith windows xp. I have … |
 | ok lately some weird things have been happening on my computer for example this system process ciscv.exe has started to take up a lot of my cpu usage like 50 or so which isnt normal. also when i right click or try to open things an install msi comes up … |
| | Ok here is my problem: Yesterday I rebooted my computer, it began to start back up. Then after showing the XP loading page the screen went black for about 5 seconds. If flashed blue for no more then a second and then began to restart again. I left it on … |
| | Does anybody know what services are safe to disable or set to manual? Also, what recommendations to use as far as turning off themes, using a screen saver, power setting options, i want to get the best optimization possible. Thanks in advance  |
| | i want to send information via networking to my two computers but whenever i try to setup the wizard this comes up : The wizard detected that this computer belongs to a domain. Therefore, you cannot use this wizard to set up a network |
 | Hi everyone, I'm a newbie with this problem on my Toshiba laptop. It will not boot past this error message, see thread title, and I do not want to re-format the drive and lose my data. Is there anything that i can do?? Thanks for any help. Kingali. :rolleyes:  |
| | Hi all you lovely people, I'm running a G4 Quicksilver 733hz, 890ish Ram, Motu 2408 mark2+3 cards, logic 7, having the usual problems with CPU freaking out if I put any amount of plugins/virtual instruments on (more of a problem now as all new stuff is hungrier than ever) someone …  |
| | One of my computers will not boot. It may have been infected. If I attach the hard drive from this computer to a slave of the hard drive of another computer, will I be able to access files on the old hard drive? Are there any serious risks? Responses can … |
 | I tried installing debian linux to my system . Everything went well but I was not able to configure my Xserver. It was working well with redhat.... please help |
| | Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me out. These programs Virtual Bouncer and Ad-destroyer keep reinstalling themselves on my PC. It constantly installs desktop icons, and keeps giving fake warnings. Ive run Adaware, and Search & Destroy, and Norton, but i cant get rid of it. Any help …  |
| | How do I change the settings to automatically have programs install to drive d instead of drive c? |
 | Hi. I'm using windows xp 2005 . The problem is , everytime I try to run a cd/vcd to watch a movie , I get an error message after about 2 minutes of starting - " There was an I/O device error " - . I have had my sound … |
| | Hi, i resently attempted to put in a modem, and when i did the comp started uyp fine except when at windows it froze up. So i took out the modem and started the comp up, and now it wont go passed the spec screen( the screen after the very … |
| | Hi there people i need a netwotrking soloution for a company with 2 sites 30km apart. 1 building is an office and the other is a warehouse. The office has 40 staff and the warehouse has 16 staff. The office needs to be able to update the warehouse with orders … |
| | Please help!!! I cna not save what homepage I want to have in my IE options. It always defaults to about blank and some wierd toolbar. I have ran Macafee, and I am able to get on line...just got a strange feeling. HAs this ever happen to anyone or any … |
 | Hello. I know this is probably trivial, but is a pain. As it has lost a lot of communication. I have, unfortunately, 4 friends and acquaintances on aol. Have problems with all when using Mac mail. Most don't know how to use their aol. One that doesn't, is the one … |
| | I just purchased a new 160 gig hard drive. What is the best way to configure the hard drive. A friend of mine suggested the following: 20 gig - Drive C Windows operating system only 5 gig swapfile Remainder for files and applications I'm no expert, but here is my … |
| | I am using a laptop t41 with xp. My mouse keeps drifting to the left side of the screen. This is a major annoyance. It appears to be happening randomly, but alot. Any help would be appreciated. |
| | please help when i start the window it got this message "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage.." and then, "The feature you are trying to use is on a cd rom or other removeable disk that is no available and then ask yu insert the … |
| | Hello folks. My problems began a few months ago when I got infected with spyware. Out of panic, I thought a quick fix might be to disable IE, so I wouldn't get bombarded with internet ads. I went into the IE folder and deleted a bunch of files. My spyware … |
| | I can find only 5 programs in the Add/Remove list. But I have 50 or more applications installed. Is this becoz I have 2 administrator accounts in my PC. (Win XP) |
 | I finally got my webserver back up. Unfortunatly, it keeps droping the connection to my router. I have changed the NIC card from a Linksys to a D-Link. I changed the cable. I switched the PCI slot the card was in on the motherboard. I also changed the port the … |
| | Can anybody tell me the difference? Thanks ahead of time, Nate  |
| | Hello all I am trying to install a slave drive in my pc. The drive is a Maxtor 80 gig unit. i have installed the software and it keeps telling me that the BIOS must be set to AUTO or ENABLED for the drive. I am unsure how to do … |
| | hi i'd like to know what is the ebst progarm to keep the pc running in good shape,,a progarm that fix the registry for example,speed up pc,etc. actually i'm running diskeeper9.0 for defrag and is great,really great let me know please,thanks |
| | Hey, today I ordered Case - Aspire X-Navigator w/t 500W LED Aspire PSU Processor - AMD 3500+ Motherboard - MSI Neo2 Platinum RAM - 1GB Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200C2PT Graphics - EVGA 6800GT HDD - Seagate 200GB 7200rpm SATA CD/DVD - Rosewill Dual layer dvd burner/reader/cd burner/reader I had a question … |
| | Ok my friend has an ok gaming rig with a 3.4 ghz p4. Hes had it for about a year, and it is running with the stock heat sink. About 2 weeks ago he came back on and it was running extreamly hot, over 60*C on idle! Doing a virus … |
| | Ive tried to burn a disk of mp3s thru Nero, it starts but then stops. It says a few things, "scsi command aborted", "drive not ready", "could not perform endtrack", and "invalid write state". Ive tried burning at diff speeds, that doesnt help. Im using a sony dvd+/- cd-rw and … |
| | Hi! I'm trying to setup a shell script to startup a number of programs when I run it, but I've got some issues with variables that is causing it not to work... The bunch of lines at fault is this: if /I "%INST%" == "OID" ( set NAME=9iAS_INF set HOME=D:\oracle\%NAME% … |
| | It's always fun to root for the underdog. It's the American way to cheer for the little guy, hoping he'll triumph over the dark forces of--ironically enough--Corporate America. AMD has been squarely in the underdog role for quite awhile now, but the brewing Hammer v. Itanium match-up will take that … |
| | Hi...the security forum helped me last time with correcting all my pop up windows etc. I am wondering if I am experiencing problems related to the same issue. I have been unable to properly load Quickbooks Accounting System on our computer. It appears to load but when you click on … |
| | there is reviews on improving the cooling performance of the super Thermaltake Aquarius III water cooler heatsink system. Here we try fitting an additional radiator to the inside of the Thermaltake Aquarius III cooler unit that you can buy easily at many computer parts suppliers and try adding a dual … |
| | The announcement of SLI and the nForce 4 in the middle of 2004 generated a lot of talk in the hardware community. There were the skeptics who thought that it would remain a limited release product and be relegated to a niche solution but when pretty much every single major … |
| | laptop turns on but nothing shows on screen. i hooked it up to my monitor and the monitor camp would turn on but still shows nothing i think it is the graphics card but i just to make can any one help |
| | Hi. I have a .dmg file for adobe after effects 6.5 on my pc. It is for macs. I need to know how i can install this on my friends G5. Please help!! -Blade  |
| | Something is completly wrong with my computer. I can only run internet exploer. Not a singal other application on my computer will run. example, ms paint, Notepad, Windows Messanger. Since i cant take a screenie as i have no applications working ill tell you. Every time i try to run … |
| | nm, question answered :) |
| | Hi could someone have a look at my hjt log and tell me why my pc is running slow? Thank you in advance Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 7:14:51 PM, on 2/2/2005 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\winlogon.exe … |
| | Ok, sometimes when I'm in windows explorer for whatever reason, this randomly happens: On the left side, under "My Computer", everything disappears, and is replaced by around 10 blank folders (see screenshot)... I'm using windows 98se... It happened on my really old computer (same OS though) too. Does anyone know … |
| | i have run every thing in safe mode that i could pc-cillian wouldn't run here is my latest logs and the name of the trojan TROJ_DLOADER.BGLogfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 9:59:46 AM, on 02/01/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: … |
| | Hello, I have recently decided to save money and build my own computer. I purchased a case with a 420 watt power supply, a DFI Lan party kt400a, 512 mb ddr3200, and a video card and hard drive. The video card and hard drive are irrelovent for this question. I … |
| | Hi i have search assistent on my computer i been trying to remove it for a weekLogfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 2:47:30 PM, on 1/30/05 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) 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\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\CA\ETRUST EZ ARMOR\ETRUST … |
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