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[COLOR=Blue]I am new here and, so far as PCs are concerned, technically illiterate!! I am a retired medical doctor living in Cornwall, SW England, UK. And I have a problem, in so far as I get no response when I right click on x to show a picture which has …

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I just build my own pc i was wondering is there a way i can incrase the speed on it like if theres any tips or Tweaks i can use ill post my Specs -Windows Xp Pro With SP2 -A-Top XBlade Black Case Ultimate Gaming Machine With 450W PSU - …

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I have a 4 year old PC that I am giving to a friend. I had a "profesional" clean the drive and reload the system (ME). I took it to the friend and then started installing DSL software and getting her online. I had trouble and called the service provider …

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Help... I tryed to install a ATI Xtasy 9200 se video caed in my computer. XP picks it up but it gives me CODE 10 ERROR. I have disabled ans uninstalled the onboard video. I have an Emachines T2796. Thank you. PS I know this

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I have Installed Window XP Pro in my computer with all the latest patches and an updated Mcafee Antivirus. When I am creating a Dialer using connection wizard, the connect using a dialup modem and connect using a broadband that requires a user name and password are disable. I've tried …

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Hi everyone - new to the forums Here's my problem - it has me so confused. I recently built a new machine, new everything including the OS which is XP profession that came pre upgraded with SP2. The first weird thing I did was buy a motherboard that did not …

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I need to use Anova Statistics. Should be under Tools/data analysis. When I go to Add-ins under tools, there is no Data Analysis. HELP tells me to load with Value Pack X with installer. What does this mean????? Thanks

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Hi I Have An Intel 82845g Graphics Card. Is There Any Way To Upgrade Its Driver From The Intel Site. I Have Had Great Trouble Finging The Exact Driver I Need.

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Hi, my powerbook titanium, OsX10.3.6, keeps ejecting all cd/dvds - unable to read optical media, tried all types of discs, even disk/laserhead cleaner - no luck. Problem started a while back sporadically when moving to OSX10.3, but after a few attemps did read disk, though now nolonger possible. Any suggestions, …

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Does anyone know what factors exist to appletalk between OS 9 and OS10.3. I am a student at Western Kentucky University, trying to use appletalk between G4 towers set up to scan pictures on OS 9 and cannot get it to work consistently with the new G5 panther. any help …

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I bought a P4 3.2E Presscott 1M cache and i have a Intel 875PBZ model 303 but I think thats board doenst work with this CPU, could anyone help me with this and tell me, but if you have experience with both cpu and mother, what is the best motherboard …

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I'm really getting frustrated now so hopefully somebody can help me :-| On Monday I recieved my new amd64 3000+ and ABIT KV8 Pro mobo. I put it all in and got it up and running perfectly. Had a small game related problem to begin with that i fixed by …

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None of the URL's (links) in any e-mail's from MSN hotmail work. [b]The "print view" and "help" buttons on the tool bars also are inactive.[/b] Everything else appears normal. From a couple of postings way back (which I read two days ago), some said it might be the firewall. I …

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One of my kids was surfing and got hold of a nasty that has my homepage jacked up. I have attempted to delte with Hijack This but everytime I get back online it resets back to the same crappy homepage. I'm at a loss so here is the Hijack This …

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CPU speeds aside, does anyone know which of these 2 setups would perform better? 1) Nforce 4 chipset, 2 6600GT's (SLI PCI Express) 2) Nforce 3 chipset 6800GT (AGP 8X) Thanks for the help! (sorry for the double post by the way....)

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ok guys thanks for all the help, I got everything and installed it and let me say OMG! the amd 64 kicks ass! NFSU2 runs on full settings perfectly and my FPS on CS:S went from 20 to 90-130 Now I just need to tweak my AMD 64 my ram …

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Hello, I have windows 98, IE 5.0, and have been trying to upgrade it for sometime. The reason for this being I can only browse websites from the browser that aol provides, and also, when I click on links inside the aol browser, they rarely open. A blank explorer page …

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hi guys, my internet works fine but when i go to play games online such as Battlefield 1942, battlefield vietnam, day of defeat, and Counter Strike. They dont work! It wont join a server. Im on a wireless llinksys cable connection with a router and network adapter. My internet has …

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[FONT=Arial][/FONT][FONT=Courier New]undefined[/FONT] Hi... How can I fix a movie file? When I run the file, after more than hour the picture stalled while the sound continues... :cry:

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Got a new machine from my mate, just got the Internet set up and it seems that the home page is set to "about:blank" and it keeps on changing back to this site, even if I set another page to default. Please help anyone

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I'm trying to rehabilitate a machine for a luddite ;-). It has Windows 98 (not SE). All of the relevant patches have been uploaded from the Microsoft site. It has a USB printer that worked at one time and stopped. I have tested the printer with my laptop and it …

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Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with this problem I have. (I'm running XP) There's this "Search Assistant" thing on my toolbar and whenever I uncheck it... it comes back next startup. :( Image: [url]http://www.n00bstories.com/image.fetch.php?id=1358229775[/url] I've tried deleting in My Programs directory but I couldn't find it, …

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[color=Magenta][font=Georgia]I don't know if anyone has addressed this issue previously, but I am having a horrible time getting rid of this [url="http://www.searchportal.com"]www.searchportal.com[/url]. Whenever I try to go to my start page in IE, this searchportal page comes up instead of my usual comcast.net page. I have tried everything short of …

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Hello, I administer 6-8 laptops for a large printing company’s electrical department; there about 30-35 users of these laptops i try to keep them as alike as possible (installed programs). We recently were forced to change operating systems to Win200 and Now XP, we were using Win98se for mainly legacy …

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I was just wondering what a good motherboard would be, a decent one, to run some highend games and such. I know my Intel Celeron is a piece so im searching around for a better one, but not too expensive.

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(I posted this last night & was told I should have posted it elsewhere - I hope this is "elsewhere".) Windows ME 4.90.3000, ie 5.50.4.807.2300 updates SP2; q834707;q867801; (at this moment) Seems to run very slowly (speed of computer probably) even though she has lots of ram. Using McAfee VirusScanOnline …

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Hi, I have an Asus P4S533X motherboard, which has two DDR slots and two SDRAM slots. My original setup was one 256MB SDRAM chip. Something went bad, and that chip stopped working. So I replaced it with a couple of old 64MB chips I had while I waited for the …

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Hey, my computer has been restarting everytime i get into a major game..(Half-Life 2) (Bloodrayne 2)..and others..not exactly sure whats goin on but it only happens as soon as it loads up and i'm about to start playin..then bam restarts...please help.

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My computer is constantly running at 100% CPU usage. Can anyone please help? Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 2:48:23 PM, on 2/11/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe D:\Sygate\smc.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe D:\Avast\aswUpdSv.exe D:\Avast\ashServ.exe C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkService.exe …

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Need some help.... my computer appears to have been hijacked! I have run Ad-aware and Spybot S&D, and cleaned out everything they catch. I use WinXP. Here is my problem: 1.My IE6 search bar has been changed to "seekerbar.com". 2.About every 1 min, I get a pop-up from my Spyware …

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Hi! I am experiencing problems with my computer. Here is my log please advise. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 12:45:16, on 13/11/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe …

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Hello again, same computer, new problem... (A little precursor - dont think this is related but just for good measure... I just bought a UPS for my machine and had plugged my computer into it, turned it on, and it booted up fine. I let the scsi devices load and …

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New user profile won't load, can you please check my hijack This log.....thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:58:58 p.m., on 27/11/2004 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 Files\Sygate\SPF\Smc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe …

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could some one please tell me how to uninstall windows me i dont have the uninstall option :sad: running a ome version

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after installing xp service pack 2, when i click on my norton antivirus (2002) it won't come up?????

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i can download and install service pack 2 with no problem... after it is installed i can not get on internet explorer, when i click on the icon, explorer pops up for a second then goes away... also when i click on my norton antivirus it won't come up... i …

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This is my logfile. .. if anyone can tell me what's bad it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 7:40:43 PM, on 11/26/2004 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 …

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: I have located with Both Hijack this log and Ad Aware a program called ADCONTROL\WINDACT.exe in HiJack this; despite checking the delete box it will not delete also; several related AdCONTROL programs pop up in Ad Aware; they will not delete when checked;;;;;;the program freezes in the delete mode …

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Hi Everybody, You can now buy monitor and tv flyback transformers on line at the following address: [url]http://www.hrdiemen.es/shopping/indexEng.htm[/url] or contact us at [email]atd@hrdiemen.es[/email]

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Hello folks, I wonder if anyone could help me out. I've been having problems getting rid of a rather nasty trojan lately, which seems to be called ISTbar. I've used Spyware Doctor, Ad-aware, Webroot's Spy Sweeper and Trend Micro's online virus scan. They seemed to do the trick, and deleted …

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im gonna kill my housemates. dunno what they were lookin at, but occasionally, and only occasionally, i get a linked to a casino website telling me i can 'play with nude girls' (much to my fiancés dismay :o ) and i also get a 'security warning' window popup (it looks …

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Hi, Just wondering if anyone could help me completely remove adware and potential viruses from my computer..I have run Ad-aware Spybot-search and destroy, avast, and AVG- all up-to-date. They find problems and I remove those, but It seems new ones appear, ie Ebates, Dyfuca, FastClick, etc etc..Please any help to …

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I was looking into my task manager ... and I got that my pc was using 120 MB as paging file while about 150 MB of my ram was still not used. I wonder why is it so? And if I want all of my ram to be utilized .. …

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ok, here's my trouble. i've tried using my (less and less extensive, apparently) knowledge to fix this problem. whenever i run pretty much anything that uses a microphone, an online game, a microphone configuration thing (like what a messenger may use), or sound editing software, my sound card -or its …

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Hi there, everyone! I have an old HP Pavilion 6635 that I got in 99 (I think). It's got a whopping 533mhz Celeron chip with 100mhz FSB. I've got 192MB RAM installed (it came with 64, I added 128), and a whopping 10.2GB hard drive (although it's more like 9.8 …

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I can't open a new window when I'm on the website. It opens and then it closes. Right click to open new window....open and then close real fast. I don't know what to do! New one on me. Please help me!

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i signed on hotmail & i got the message below, however i know that i'm already using IE6.0.... so what is the problem? thanks... [B][I]Web Browser Software Limitations Your Current Software Will Limit Your Ability to Use Hotmail You are using a web browser that Hotmail does not support. If …

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Hello everyone, As some of the members of this forum, I'm having some problems with the backdoor.colfusion trojan. The computer is slow as hell (trojan effect?). I followed all the steps that some of you suggested, until the logfile from HJT. I already had deleted the dxsetu.exe file, but it …

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When I try to download Slim Browser(my favorite), my screen was reversed for 180° and after 4 antivirus programs Sophos only detected a virus but when I rebooted PC the same problem was there,so now I'm looking at the screen with Monitor turnet for 180 degrees. HELP , HELP,HELP!!!

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Should I delete these as well? The Negligiable objects that Ad Aware finds, or is it okay to leave them? Just not sure which ones I should rid myself of. Thanks again! Love this site and all your help! Sarah

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