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Hi, My monitor won't start up when I boot my computer, there's a bit of a story so I'll start from the beginning... About 3 - 4 months ago my monitor started playing up, when I booted the system the screen would be jumping, so I turned my machine off, …

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trying to start up windows 2000 pro. when it goes to start up a pop up comes up and it says shutdown authorized by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM... and something else about windows/system32/services.exe and status code 128 if u could help it would be much appreciated...and if u need more info just …

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I have a Conpaq Presario 1650 Notebook. The problem with it is that I turn it on, and starts up, but when it gets to where the desktop should show up, it doesn't...instead these errors pop up: [COLOR=Red]Windows Networking Unable to load the dynamic link library: msnp32.dll The system cannot …

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Hey guys I have a major PC problem. When I turn my pc on it loads everything up and the freezes. It won't do anything I have to turn the power off to do anything. If I turn it on then rush to enter safemode before everything loads I can …

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This problem has happened to me since last week... I was playing total war and monitor suddenly turn off but i still could hear music,and after restart and i played the same game again and it happened again,so i uninstalled the game and played the sims 2 and the same …

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This just happened last night. I have a 6 year old Compaq Presario (one of the worst computers anyone can get), 400mHz K6 processor, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 First Edition. I was chatting and browsing like usual, and one or more programs started making my computer go all grindy …

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Error message when turning on my computer... a file in SYSTEM.INI is damaged the file is C:\WINDOWS\system\ASPIENUM.VXD what does this mean? How can it b fixed? another error that appears when the pc loads up is "Cannot run C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SA64CHK.DLL". what does this mean and how can it be fixed? Thanks …

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I have or had (cause its dead now) a 1ghz Pentium 3 computer 256mb of RAM I consistently over clocked to 1.1ghz by raising the FSB for over 2 months and then it just decided to play up and wiped my hard drive: Scenario I had turning on this PC …

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I just got done building a new computer and after installing software and such when I go to restart after installs and just to check it the restart fails. It goes to the start normally, last configuration etc. page. What could be causing that?

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when I start up my puter it give the above error. When I Press CAD and restart the machine it just keeps going back to that screen. Help. :mad: :rolleyes: I am on XP, HP Pavilion 700.

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just built rig cant get anypower only thing i notice is high pitched squeal/ whinning comming form psu no led fans nothin anyone help? all cables been checked 115v im stuck plz help x connect psu asus p45ad2 mobo p4 640 2x seagate 160gig hdd 1 gig xms2 floppy/new dual …

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I have a 2000 gateway E-3400 and when i turn it on it does not beep, but the cdrom drive has power, the keyboard is lighted up, the front light is on, and the fan is running. Nothing on the monitor comes up though and the monitor works. Does anybody …

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I have a gateway computer and when i turn it on it makes the regular noises, the cdrom drive has power, the keyboard lights up, but the monitor doesnt turn on. i tried 2 other working monitors and they both didnt work. Could it be my video card? Any help …

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Can anyone here help me. I am running windows98 and when reformatting the computer crashed and now i can only start in safe mode. I have the boot floppy and 98 disc but am unable to use keyboard while in safe mode. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

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When i turn on my pc and it loads up the colour is always set to 16colours when it is usually 24bit colour. the resolution is usually at 800x600 bt sets it self to 640x800. Iv tried right clickin ang changing it bt when i restart it when prompted bt …

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Well. For some reason. When i was making a computer design, my Photoshop started to lag very bad. SO i clicked the X and the end now thing popped up. As usual, I clicked end now. Afterwards, everything on my comp started lagging, like msn and aim. I had to …

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hello gang, at my wits end. have a compaq system that has random boot hangs. most of the time it locks up just before the desktop loads. others , about 45 sec after broadband connection is made. other times , mouse has loss of key functions. have to upplug mouse, …

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HI, I wander what are the best sizes and cluster sizes to use' if i want the machine to be fast and not spending a lot of space. Acording to those HDDs sizes: 20G 14G 3.2G 0.8G using win98se If there is a conflict between saving capacity and the HDD …

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Hi On my computer: IDE: Primary master :HDD (and the OS win98SE) Secondary Master: HDD Secondary Slave: CDROM The computer sippped recognizing the both HDD (It still can recognize the CDROM) I tried automatic detection via the bios but, nada. I tried using only one cpmponnet at a time,and changing …

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I have windows 98,aol 6.0. I get the following pop-ups: "current security settings prohibit running active x controls" and "Fatal error in Unzdll.dll: Abort Exception Error in Extract. Fatal Dll Exception". I get the latter when I try to open a Zip file. Also get RichEdit Line insertion error. My …

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Location: TX. History Rm OS: WinXP Problem: When the teacher turns off the conputer for the night, it shuts down like normal. When she goes in the next day to turn the computer on, nothing! The hard drive light will not come on, only the green power light. It's not …

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Generic host process for Win32 services encountered a problem and needed to close. What is this for??????????????????

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I have a TDK Velocd 40/12/48x It will only read retail cds & Burnt cd's with wave formats only. It will not read burnt cd's with mp3's or data formats. has anyone encountered this & how can i fix it? James

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I have an older pc w/ amd k 2- 6 500 mhz. Not a bit of thermal compound on it. It takes 4 or 5 restarts for it to run, and not to happily. Could this be the problem? Also at $8 bucks a tube I was wondering if there …

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I've Just reformatted my computer, loaded the internet and Norton anti-virus on to it, but after i ran all the live updates and scanned everything i restarted it and now my mouse wont work. Its a new mouse, brought it the other day. This was my second attempt at reformatting …

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I have a computer I built with a CD ROM, hard drive, and floppy drive and a 300MHz AMD processor. It was intended to be for playing a bunch of old DOS games I have, but when I try to boot it from the FreeDOS one disk installer(ODIN), it just …

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Has anyone tried the pc analyzers being sold. There are many for sale at ebay for $5 to $10 dollars. They claim to check your mother board for errors. It plugs into your pci or asi slots and displays codes as it checks your board. I haven't bought one but …

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Hi Last week I installed a new 40GB Seagate hard disk and 2 X 256MB RAM on my laptop but a few days ago I accidently knocked the laptop very very slightly on the table then the screen went black :sad: !! I turned off then restarted and got this …

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Hiya, late last year I built my own custom system which is based around an AMD 64 running at 3500+ with an artic cooling fan, an A8V deluxe wireless edition MB, 1GB of RAM, 6800GT graphics, Thermaltake case & PSU etc, which has not been overclocked. This system has worked …

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-msi k8t neo -amd 1.8 athlon 64 -windows xp sp2 -logitech cordless mouse and KB I'm an idiot, I know. It's my first time building a computer, and wanted to do some exploring. So everything is fine for a couple weeks, so i decide to be a genius and adjust …

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