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| | I have other people who use this comp, and they don't know any better when it comes to dling 3rd party software. My i.e. homepage which was set to google was hijacked by another search engine, it was not coolwebsearch, but I didnt bother to remeber what it was, i …  |
| | I have recently installed ad-aware and run my first scan. Everything went fine, but when I hit OK to delete selection, the bar came up but nothing happened. I waited for about an hour with no luck. Does anyone have an idea on why this may be happening? Thanks. |
| | Has anyone had this problem with Hotmail before? I can't access my account from any computer. I thought it might just be my computer so I ran virus scans, deleted temporary internet files and everything that has been mentioned in this forum. Still nothing. Error message is "Page cannot be … |
| | Halo guys, I have encountered a problem with my MSN Messenger 6.2 which I downloaded recently. It worked fine for a couple of days. But for the past 2 days, it starts to disconnect itself automatically after a few minutes, and I have to re-connect it manually (sometimes it re-connects … |
| | [B]HI ALL![/B] My present problem - I ran a System Recovery both from the disk and from the partition and in both cases all goes well, I get to restart into user partition, windows boots and when it comes to the screen where I click finish the comp hangs. Sometimes … |
| | hey all. I'm running WP Pro and have been having a lot of trouble with and error on shut down, namely rundll32.exe. I read some other post and used hijack this so I will post the log and the end of this. I had a friend explain the basis of … |
| | I think its because i deleted my adaware and spyware since someone told me it records everything i do and reports it to someone or something... but i posted a thread a while ago... called "search not working right" i re-followed all the directions, and downloaded everything again... and here … |
| | ...I could cry right now. I've just spent 30 minutes typing a detailed account of my problem and it's all gone because the forum god said I wasn't logged in. I'll try again, but this won't be quite as pretty. I have aquired an odd toolbar in IE (not sure …  |
| | hi, if anyone, i mean anyone can help with this problem pleae help, first of all everytime i restart my computer(i have a ME edition) explorer pops up saying i must close it due to some htmp error stuff. soo i tried to let it update, but it says i … |
| | Hello All: This computer is in our store at our retail counter. After rebooting, IE comes up with a sex site and then pop up windows asking if you want to subscribe to a service and another asking if you want to download certain programs. We need to close these … |
| | New poster here. I've seen some related things and can't fix this one myself so I am asking for some help. I run AdAware and Spybot S&D daily in addition to using Sygate PF. My problem: No folder shortcuts on my desktop will open when I double-click them. I can't … |
| | first of all a big HI to all of the people in the forum!its nice to b in the company now... if i could get rid of those search engines too, it would b great!!! please take a look! Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 1:36:52 πμ, on 15/9/2004 … |
| | Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to get rid of a spyware program that is redirecting my homepage. Every time I open internet explorer, it redirects to the following link: http ://296f8.ilxt.info/index.php?aid=543 I'd really appreciate any input on how to remove this program. Thank you! … |
| | Comcast told me "It's not our fault." They said my "Winsox" (I may not be saying that correctly.) is causing a problem with my internet access. Do I need to take my computer to a repair shop or can I do this fix myself? |
| | Ok Ive done it this time, and my wife may well kill me... my wife took some photos of the daughters first day of kindergarten... you know riding the bus, pictures withe the new teacher all that.... and i loaded them in the laptop from the CF card... then after … |
| | After I installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows XP PC, I lost the images (or icons) that often appear next to the favorite links under the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer. Now, they all have the default Internet Explorer image next to them. Having the images next to my … |
| | so I have about:blank on my computer...have checked out posts on this website before (huge help)...followed instructions and downloaded the proper programs...about: went away for about a month...now it is back on the computer...finally decided to use HJT to see what was wrong...can anyone tell me what to get rid … |
| | okay. i have tried everything that i've read in every forum. i'm running: Win2000, Ad-aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster, CWShredder, Norton Antivirus. i've run all the spyware remove programs multiple times and in safe mode as well, but some how, these porn site dialers keep coming up and … |
| | What is the difference between RAM and DDR ram? Could someone please help me out. Thanks Wil |
| | Sorry to dredge up this common problem...but I'm about to take a sledge hammer to my laptop.... I am stuck in the startup loop. It's difficult to get to the screenwhere I select Safe Mode...so once I'm there I choose "Safe Mode" and it asks for my windows password. Then … |
| | EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card [color=#ff0000]With Free Doom 3Bundle[/color], 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N349-AX" -RETAIL [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-130-208&DEPA=1"]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-130-208&DEPA=1[/url] or POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9800 XT Video Card, 256MB DDR, 256-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "R98T-TD3" -OEM [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-251&depa=1"]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-251&depa=1[/url] or what is the best video card made by both ATI … |
| | hi @ll, can anyone tell me why when i try and install a cdwriter and dvdwriter in the same pc on the same ribbon cable they are not recongnized properly?Yet if i use a cdrom and dvd writer everythings ok! |
| | I had my laptop recovered last week since my XP is not loading. That's done. So, when it was finally working I realized that I still had to re-install the video, graphics & modem drivers. When I tried installing the video driver, it didn't work, probably because the driver I … |
| | I spent part of yesterday defragging and running all my AV and spyware programs. Everything was clean until I ran PestPatrol, which found a pest named CWS.GoogleMS.3 located in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\xxxtoolbar.com. I Googled the xxxtoolbar to try to get some info on it, but all I could find were removal … |
| | Okay, so I don't usually restart my system. It's not because I don't install software, it's just that I don't always believe the developers that I need to :o . So anyways, this isn't good for finding reasons why windows is having a hard time restarting. Mostly because I've installed … |
| | Lately, when i have several MSN chat windows open, the whole look of the windows change and lines disappear and stuff. I'll try to get links to give u an idea of what i mean. It has been happening for quite a while now, and happens pretty much everytime i've … |
| | When I startup I go into Task manager and see that there are programs working under my username that shouldn't be working. Hoe do I foind out where they are stored and get rid of them? I think they are causing pop ups or are spying on me. winaudit.exe happens …  |
| | hey all, we have several public folders in outlook and if you go into any one of them that contain items, those items cannot be opened by anyone. permissions are there for those who need them. we are running windows 2000 server farm with exchange 2000. i am the owner … |
| | I have a weird problem with my cd-drives in windows 2000 pro. I have two cd-drives, another is Samsung dvd/cd drive, and another a Fujitsu Siemens cd-r drive. Now, every time I try to open a cd in my computer, it says: " The disk in drive * is not … |
| | I company I have been working for has the follwing two viruses Backdoor-ciu & Vbs/pyfe according to thier IT support people. Norton has only started recognizing it this morning(one new variant one brand new virus). I don't have norton! I'm using antivir XP. the suspicion is that a CD of … |
| | I had alot of viruses in my computer. My new and updated antyvirus have found most of them, but somehow it seems that there is still something that doesn't let the computer work properly. Spybot also fixed (deleted) few things, but still. (I'm talking about Windows2000). Hope you can find … |
| | My system was very fast till recently. It started with every now and again the mouse would seem to drag and i would have a lot of process activity for a bit. Has now got worse. I did have it so protected with anti-spyware utils that i was sure i … Information Security adobe apple apple-hardware asp audio client-server display dns first-post flash http-protocol ide image lan-wan microsoft microsoft-access microsoft-windows pci-card printer session storage streaming-service tablet user-interface video video-card web-browser web-server windows-nt-2000-xp windows-server windows-virus windows-xp wireless-networking xml |
| | I am having the same problem a lot of people have had. The evil "Cannot find server" error. Sometimes after re-starting, I can connect to sites for about 5-10 minutes, but after that, I can't connect to any site with Any browser. I've had this problem before, and just use … |
| | I bought a Western Digital Caviar EIDE HD that is supposed to be 200GB, but when I formatted it with Drive Setup for my Mac G4, it came out to 130. Where did the extra 70GB go???  |
| | This is my first time using the forum. I have been having trouble for months with spyware and pop-ups. Mostly i have gotten around this by using mozilla and renaming .exe files .backup files but the problem is definatly getting out of hand. I have used ad-aware, aboutbuster, spybot-s&d, cwshredder … |
| | Hi! I'm using Windows 98 and a few days ago I started getting many popups from sites such as "ads1.revenue.net" and "ad-a-w-a-r-e.???". I have Zone Alarm, AVG and Ad-aware on my computer. I also got something called Cookie Wall and I started using Spybot. According to them, my system is … |
| | [FONT=Arial]arial[/FONT][SIZE=4]4[/SIZE] :rolleyes: I receive the following message: Error No.1064. " You have an error in your SQL Syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'and chrStatus'= 1' at line 1. Can somebody please help me ? |
| | When I open IE, my Homepage is a Search Page (Named "about:blank") I did not specify. An ad for Anti-Spyware software also comes up. After that, I can browse normally with an occasional Anti-Spyware pop-up. However, I cannot set my homepage. Here is the HijackThis Log I ran: Logfile of … |
| | My neighbor was complaining about adware/spyware/etc and asked me to come over to try and fix it. I ran Norton AV and AdAware to clean things up. Here's the HJT log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 1:52:35 PM, on 9/16/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …  |
| | Trying to download basic games and programs from websites such as Download.com, macupdate, macgamer and even Apple without any success. After clicking download button, the address will change in the window and then loop back to the download page. The msg that seems to come up the most is : … |
| | Hi all! I'm back with another strange problem. :mrgreen: I have a Dell 8250. About two weeks ago, at exact times twice a day, a stacato series of beeps will blast over my speakers. For example, at 50 and 55 after every hour, all day and night, maybe 10 beeps … |
 | Hi, i have recently created a logon script for a department where i work, weird thing is it wont run. the script is sitting in netlogon on the AD controler with all of the other scripts. before this script each person had there own script named after the user id, … |
| | ok.. i had a trojan on my pc that i just couldnt get rid of so i formated my pc.after that i installed the windows updates and i noticed load times were much slower.i cant even play my online game anymore(Americas Army Operations).the games loading time is way longer that … |
| | I believe I have an older version of explorer that was installed by previous owner two years ago (ver.4?). After running "PCBugDoctor" and "Spybot", and shutting down the computer, I found I would get to the point where the wallpaper would load up, then the error message pops up, saying … |
| | To avert computer problems, I have been cleaning out Cookies. I have noticed that the cookies are from many varied web sites, most of which we have never heard of nor been to. From where are these cookies spawned? We are running IE 5.5, Windows ME, Norton Internet Security with … |
 | Hi, I am in the process of building my first computer and have a question about WinXP, when I bought my memory and motherboard I also bought the WinXP OEM version (from zipzoomfly) because it was about 150 dollars cheaper then the full version and the only difference was the … |
| | ok here's the scoop i reformated and installed windows Me. then i found out i didn't have sound. i know that the speakers work and I know I have a sound card. it is a analog devices 1816 codec (WDM) I looked under device manager and saw these drivers in …  |
| | ok i resently had to reformat my windows Me. i got the new Ad-aware SE personal (free version) and once i installed and tryed to open it i got 2 messages. one: "Ad-aware has caused an error in <unknown> close(in a box) Ad-aware will now close. if you continue to … |
| | I currently have 768MB of DDR400 OCZ Performance (has an OE heat spreeder) RAM. I can afford to buy a 512MB strip of the same but not a 1GB strip. However, I can afford a 1GB strip of some other brand's value RAM. Is this acceptable and what if any … |
| | Hey guys, I'm new to these forums, and I just registered to ask about a problem that I've never encountered before. Right now I'm the techie handling the server + computers in my high school journalism class (newspaper). So now the question... I've installed pagemaker on the computers, running windows … |
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