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I'm helping someone with their 2 year old computer that they said died during a lightning storm. When you push the power button, absolutely nothing happens. I went ahead and advised them to buy a new power supply but that didn't help - still nothing. I disconnected everything I could …

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When I try to start my other computer up, it first comes up with message saying "Error loading powerprof.dll (break) One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found." Then, after the computer runs ScanDisk, another message comes up that says "Error loading Explorer.exe. (break) You …

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Hi all.. I have a problem as follows.. When I connect the AC power supply to the laptop, the AC power light glows green... if the battery is there.. the battery is charging. When I press ON button, the AC power light turns to amber/orange and blinking and the laptop …

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Can anybody help me? When I enter my password to log on to my computer, I get an "SAS window: winlogon.exe - Application Error". It says: The instructions at "Ox5ad862ca" referenced memory at "0x01c7b000". The required data was not placed into memory because of an I/O error status of "0cx0000185." …

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I’m trying to reformat a PC using the Windows XP CD-ROM. The computer I am doing it on displays a message "cannot boot from CD: Code 5". Does anyone know what this means? And how can it be fixed? Before you ask, Yes the PC is configured to boot from …

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[url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread33143.html[/url] Please tinyminer, I'm having exactly thesame problem. Did u say u resolved the problem by changing the drives?

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Hello all: I have been having trouble our home PC. We recently hooked it up to the Internet for a few days without a firewall or any virus protection out of obligation. Stupid move. The computer began running slower and slower as it had come down with several viruses. I …

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hello, i recently built a computer for someone I know, and it was working flawlessly, installed windows, drivers, etc. No problems at all! Then, my girlfriend wanted me to set up her computer where the other computer was plugged in, and when I moved the computer to the other side …

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My 1 year old computer (home-made) isn't working properly and my dad is getting extremly angry and throwing things everywhere. It is a Windows XP proffesional system and has a intel pentium 4 proccesser, seagate hd, and powerbox which all seems to work fine. But when I turn on my …

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Someone just gave me a dell insperation 7500 and said that the screen did not light up. I pulged it in and the first time all I seen was like a color bar test pattern.(vet and hor.lines),Turned it on and off a few times and Once I did see "WINDOWS" …

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my pc is saying when starting up windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt :\windows\system32\config\system now ive seen loads of offer posts but all of the replys seem to say that you going to need a reboot cd or the origeinal copy but i have …

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I have a Portege 4010 w/ dead hard drive. Purchased new drive, but not sure of procedure for install esp since there are some unusual issues -- 1. This laptop was given to me by my Fiance when her co. gave her a new one to use. 2. I don't …

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A friend's computer started having the STOP error about a month ago. She has 3 kids and a husband, and they all use the same comptuer. They download all kinds of stuff, and check email, and install many different programs on the computer. It is running Windows XP Pro and …

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Dear all, I recently bought a used presario 700. It's a POS, I know. I bought it dead for 50 quid. Now, it's up and running. I still have 2 problems with it: 1- I'd like to buy a dvd/rw which can fit in this POS. the actual model has …

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I need help reseting my power on password for an hp laptop. I have the beginning of Parkinsons disease and my medication made me forget my power on password.. thank you

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Hi everyone, I have a question about my game slowing down when I get in close proximity to other players. It is fine if I am by myself but when I get close to 3-4 other players or vehicles it becomes very unstable and almost imposible to control my actions …

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I have a asus k8v-mx motherboard with an amd sempron 2600 when i got it i set evey thing up fine but a it didnt work a freind tried to reset the board using the jumpers and battery , it now only starts up but does not have any display …

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Hi All, Last Year I Had A Person Talk Me Into Upgrading From Windows Xp To Windows Xp Professional, Since Then I Have Not Been Able To Recieve New Updates, I Want To Have The Original System Reformated, So I Bought A Reformat Disk, Shut Down System Then Put Disk …

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i cant see my desktop items i cant even drag nothing on my desktop i cant even see the toolbar so i cant click start the only way i can have access to my desktop is through my task manager :sad: please help me

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My laptop only works if it is put in certain angles. The angles change from leaning it to its side or to the front and back. The laptop also freezes when I apply pressure to the side where the cd-rom is located.I doubt that programs are causing the freeze,as I …

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So, we decide to have a LaN party. Everyting is going good. Until one more guy shows up. Well we all have to move pc's to make room. After getting one of my buddies pc's back hooked up, it freezes. It freezes during window's loading screen, with the blue horizontal …

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I have an occasional problem with my Toshiba Satellite laptop. When I picked up my laptop this morning while it was running, the system crashed (blue screen) and attempted, but failed, to reboot my Windows XP. I got the recurring message "PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable" etc. This same …

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I have a 20 GB Harddisk Seagate. Its now not working the problem is that Its driver in Device Manager is changed as well as in the BIOS. Previously it was something like "ST20..." but now its RT@... etc. I am running WinXP now it is not showing any partitions …

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My Grandmother's old Gateway computer is not working, when you turn it on, you get a message that says, "The Hard Drive was not found. Press Esc to prevent displaying this warning in the future, Press the Enter key to continue without a hard drive." No matter what you push, …

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My computer (DELL Dimension 4700, with Windows XP Professional OS (SP2 included)) suddenly cannot be started due to "missing or corrupted" HAL.DLL file. All restart commands, taken from the CONSOLE RECOVERY CD, do NOT appear to work, e.g.: [B]bootcfg /list[/B] states that there are no entries in the current file …

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Okay, here we go... what I ordered: Case: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208009"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208009[/URL] Processor: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735[/URL] Motherboard: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131024"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131024[/URL] Video: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139[/URL] PSU: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148027"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148027[/URL] Memory: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030[/URL] and I'm using an SATA drive. Okay... Here's the story... As you can see, I've pretty much ordered a new system to build, well... I installed everything down to the detail.. …

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I'm In Need Help I Want To Know If Any One Has Had This Problem The Computer Comes On An Say (to BeGIN Click User Name) After Clicking On Name It Say Loading Personal Settings After That Nothing Is It A Virsus Thanks Joe

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Ok, so I was playing a game today. I went to exit out of the game, the game froze. I could not do anything, ctr+alt+dlt, nothing. So I was forced to manually shut off the machine. Now I have had to do this in the past, no pobrlem. But now …

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So I got some computer problems.. It all started about a month ago, when the computer started to reboot itself 10-15 min after I turned it off. Since my computer is onmost of the time, I didnt bother. But a week ago, it started to act even stranger. When the …

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I am running an ASUS A8NSLI Motherboard with an ASUS Extreme N6600GT graphics card. The system shuts down with no blue screen and won't restart. At times, it doesn't reach the BIOS screen. I recently replaced the heatsink. All cases fans are working. I think the graphics card fan is …

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