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i ripped apart my computer because i got impatient waiting for a case to come via fedex. unfortunately, my current power supply doesn't have a atx 12v connector, so had to put it all back D: now my hard drive led wont turn off, after fighting with it logically for …

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I was wondering if a company goes out of business and leaves old software in there space, is it legal to use the software with the cd key on the package?

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when i try to install microsoft visual studion 2k3 it always asks me to insert the prerequesites disk for visual studion.net.

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My computer has been having some issues since I had to reformat and recover my hard drive. I came in contact with a trojan that I couldn't get rid of. Some of the symptoms I am having are unexpected freezing when I open zip files, One of my hard drives …

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mother-in-law has prob on computer.ran Ran M$ spyware removal software and removed some Ran SBS&D and removed stuff Ran AD AW and removed stuff. Did an AGV AV Full scan and now clean of all above with deep scan done When going to M$ update site it comes up blank. …

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I would describe myself as one of he most diehard Microsoft supporter that you'll ever come across. I develop on the Windows Platform, I run all my servers on the Windows Platform, etc, etc. I preach Microsoft's products all the time; even if the conversation has nothign to do with …

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My DVD drive doesn't seem to recognise DVD -R format discs, but it supports DVD +R discs just fine. Is there any way that I can update or alter my drive so that it will accept the DVD -R variety? My drive is labelled as follows in the Device Manager: …

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lately my pc has been giving me loads of trouble even though i can fix these its still annoying, yet theres 2 problems i cannot solve. 1. whenever i try to boot in safe mode, even without networking my computer will restart after i have chosen the user, it works …

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I am working on my dads computer he is running windows 98se. After downloading an update for internet explorer6 he has had a problem getting on some websites. He can not get on windows update he gets an error that say "explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close". …

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if i am going to format my harddrive how can i back up some software that i dont want to lose (because ive lost the cd for it). cheers

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Hey I finally finished my new system. The specs are in my signature. I have Windows XP pro on a 40GB partion of a 60GB Maxtor SATA drive. I also have a 160GB Hitachi ATA drive divided into two partitions, 120GB (for storage and programs) and 40GB(for music only). First …

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I have SpyBot and Ad-Aware, and I run them multiple times a day. Today I got a huge virus anyway. When I start Internet Explorer, it goes directly to a 'homepage', or rather some virus lion's den called Home Search. A pop-up screams 'YOU ARE INFECTED!' No really. I tried …

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I have had problems today with the ISTsvc & I think I have gotten rid of it by going to the Task Manager and ending the following: mmups.exe which then let me end and remove istsvc.exe through Spybot; however, I have searched in C:/Windows and have found these files that …

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Hello, I have unfortunately acquired a virus called "home search assistent"... I have noticed that it might be a pretty common virus. I was wondering if anyone could help me or maybe give some advice to remove the virus and it's compentents. My hotmail account is now disrupted, AOL instant …

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I have a shuttle AV45GT/AV45GTR motherboard. I had one stick of 256 PC 2100. I installed 2 more identical sticks. How do I get it recognized? My computer info still shows only 256. I'm running XP. Pent4 at 1.7. The instruction book says I sholdn't have to do anything.

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I start up red hat after a fresh install, heres the last threee lines before it produces no more out put. kjournalstarting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted file system with ordered data mode Freeing ununsed kernal memory: 128k feeded then it sits there for a while with nothing else. …

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Panda antivirus have found some viruses. I ran norton as well, and Ad-aware and Spybot - Search & Destroy. Here is the hjt log (windows xp), please have a look and tell me what you think: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 19:57:16, on 10/12/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 …

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Alright, now this thing is beginning to get on my mean and ugly side. Everytime I open a file with images in it, whether it be, GIF, JPG, PSD, PNG, etc. It gets to the point where it just automatically closes, not even a second to look at the images. …

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My antivirus (AVG) finds trojan horse Downloader.Small.9.BV but it can't remove it! Here is my HJT log file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 10:08:22 πμ, on 23/1/2005 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 C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program …

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Hi there! This is my first post in this forum. I hope you could help me in my problem. The problem is: I have a friend who needs to restart her computer everytime she is disconnected from the internet. What could be the problem? This has happened to her since …

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I've downloaded Sims 2 however I get a message when trying to launch it saying: Do not have compatible graphics adapters. Please help me, my daughter is very upset, she wants to play her new game. Thanks, mindspew

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I am using the latest Internet Explorer (6) on Windows XP. About couple days ago, I was using Internet Explorer with a breeze, but now any website or url sites i type it won't apperar. It takes me straight to the Cannot find Server screen. And at the bottom it …

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I recently had a computer made for me and my family. It was running perfectly for the first few weeks, but then it began to slow down. I know have numerous pop ups and the computer is slowing down. My guess is that my children must have downloaded files with …

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[url]http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/ide-to-sata-converter.htm[/url] i was wondering if that would change the transfer speed too...since they say sata is faster...i dont know if it would or not..but would it?

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:lol: Hi there! Havent been here for a while! After the tremendous help I got last time on this forum, I thought I would see if you could help me with another one... Problem is quite simple. I connect to the internet, and after a few short seconds, it just …

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I am trying to find any information on the cable that is connected to the monitor which does not come out. Mine is damaged and I don't want to have to spend hundreds of dollars for a new monitor for just the cable being bad. Does anyone know what it …

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Microsoft has a great one but its ONLY for XP...Is there anything as good for windows 98 SE ? To TOTALLY remove Ad Ware & Spyware?

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hello I am setting up a new comp with a SL-K8TPro-939. looking at the specs, I see that there is only one socket for the cd rom in. can anyone tell me where I could find an adapter to hook both drives up to the motherboard and what the thing …

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Hi I tried this on usenet but no replies yet so I thought I'd try here...a couple of weeks ago I had an infection with Freshbar, I changed from Avast to Kaspersky which I thought removed everything but it has now found this Freshbar related trojan: [url]http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=VBS%5FPSYME%2EK&VSect=P[/url] it will also …

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I keep on getting this pop up. This popup does not allow me to access certain websites (i.e, american airlines or any other website with javascrpit running) I have run the HIJACK THIS. My log file is below. Please help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 4:09:15 PM, on …

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I'm running Win XP SP2. On a regular basis the system runs at 100%. I've been able to identify a Process called Sect Up Free.EXE which often runs in multiple copies. Each of them deviding 100% of the CPU. I'm able to end the processes and then everything goes back …

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When trying to load any sites, a "res://znedl.dll/http_404.htm" message shows up in the address bar and a "the page cannot be displayed" message shows in the browser window. I have run a HiJackThis scan and can post when replied to. Any help is appreciated.

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Hi, I have xadsjt popping up on my computer could you plz help me get rid of it..........Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 8:33:34 PM, on 01/26/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\System32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe …

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It's that time of year again; I'm going to pin this thread during the month of January in case there's anyone out there that can find the information helpful, useful, or at least interesting :) . For more specific help, see the links in my signature block at the bottom. …

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Hello everyone, I've been running into trouble when trying to open some links (i.e. the media preferences popup window in Gamespot, ringtone quicktime play for previewing ringtones). When I click on the link, there is no response from Internet Explorer, whatsoever. When I open the link in a new window, …

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Hi, new to this forum and it looks good. My prob is i deleted internet explorer!? I know it was a stupid thing to do but it's done now. I restored my pc to a earlier date and seem to have it back. The only thing is I can't use …

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I am not really sure how to combat spyware, but I think I have something nasty. My homepage will never stay to what I set it. It always goes to About:blank. I think this is an internet hijacker. I downloaded and ran both AdAware and Spybot several times. They cleaned …

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Hellow, I have just got ahold of mcafee after being without a virus scanner/firewall after my norton messed up and wouldnt let me uninstall and I couldnt have both because of a conflict untill I found out the problem and got rid of norton compleetly. Well I did a virus …

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[FONT=Tahoma]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=5]undefined[/SIZE] Hi, Last nite I was using my friend laptop when it decided to turn its self off... When I powered the lappy back on it said the usually that XP wasn't shut down correctly. I choose 'Last know Good config' it then showed the compaq screen and then XP …

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I did a virus scan on my computer a few days ago and discovered I had multiple trojan horses, which I had to delete for obvious reasons. Since then I cant sign into MSN messenger, hotmail or access outlook express. Also I have no history, which I had previously, and …

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hi i have red hat 9 on the system. i downloaded java sdk for linux path from sun and installed it. but still it says javac command not found even though i renamed the path using the locate javac command.

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I have browsed through various forums in search of an answer to this: I need [url]https://www.domain.com[/url] to redirect to [url]https://domain.com[/url]. Reason being, the cert is only valid for [url]https://domain.com[/url] and not [url]https://www.domain.com[/url] This rewrite rule works fine to redirect: == rewriteEngine on rewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com rewriterule (.*) https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L] == …

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Hello all, I don’t want to waste space or anything, but I’ve read post after post and I still don’t quite know what Linux to get. I have no real programming experience. I would like to try Linux just cause I looks nice and I like to tinker. Is that …

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i have four systems 2 of which are wireless and other 2 wired, the problem that i am having is to get windows to recognise each of the machines and then allow access, i have tried the wizards in XP and that doesnt seem to solve it, one of the …

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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

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I need to change my boot.ini file. everytime my computer boots it goes to the wrong one. I want to make the second choice first.here is my boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000 Hacked Logo" /fastdetect /kernel=kernel02.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

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Hi all - Brand new to the site- I am a video production company owner - and I have a great program for streaming my video on the web- Great... Now I want to be able to allow my clients to view thier videos offline by placing the files on …

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HI there, I'm hoping someone here can help me. I posted this in the WinMe forum but to no evail and I have new info now too. My computer does not recognise my hard drive as being larger than 2 gig anymore. I recently formatted my machine as I had …

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