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Hi I have a real problem i have a computer which is about 1 year old, pentium 4 well, recently i decided to reformat it, this would be my first time reformatting, because it was starting to become very slow. so i went on the internet and followed some intructions …

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Hi all Earlier today i installed a registry cleaner ( Tweek Now Reg Cleaner ) to be precise & also ( Startup Inspector ) because the Pc was running a little sluggish or so i felt. - Anyways the upshot of my latest little foray into messing about with my …

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Kinda stumped on this one... I am a production manager at a custom metal fabricator, and we own a CNC Plasma Cutting machine from Kiffer industries in Ohio. Their Techs. have no clue what is wrong. Whenever the high frequency gives a signal for the torch to pierce through the …

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Your Operating System Version and its patch level (e.g. Windows XP Service Pack 1) This can be found (on Windows machines) by going to the Control Panel -> System (under the General Tab). The Make and Model of your machine (if it isn't a custom-built pc) The last few programs …

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Yet another newbie question - I have a Pentium IV 2.8 Clone running XP HomeSP1 and Office 97 SR1 and SR2. My former ISP didn't like Outlook and I tried to run it for the first time after changing ISPs some months ago. I get a start display that says …

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hey, i have internet explorer 6 and when i go to click on a link or type in an address, the internet will freeze for like ten seconds b4 doin ne thing (u can still move the mouse and do stuff non internet realated), at times after the 10 seconds …

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Can someone please help me with get this spyware off my computer? I have downloaded Hijackthis.... here is my log file.... Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:25:54 PM, on 8/17/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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 …

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Windows XP version 2002, service pack 1 Pentium 111, 996MHz 384 ram Last programs installed were Ad-Aware, and System Mechanic 4 When I select Internet Explorer the hour glass comes up for a second and vanishes, after that, nothing happens. I tried to use the search function from the start …

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hi!whenever i connected to the internet, my avg resident shield poped up n said a virus was detected (trojan horse backdoor.dumador.aw) while opening c:\windows\prntsvr.dll i healed it "successfully"( i also tried deleting it) but moments later it reappeared i ran ad-aware but it didn't help *when i clicked the magnifying …

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i have a very big problem.. my computer keeps on freezing.. it freezes ALL the time whenever i try to install a major program.. such as a virus scanner.. or adobe photoshop.. and sometimes it freezes out of no where. it was all fine until this one day i brought …

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Got this laptop with MS Windows 2000 5.0 SP 4 in it. Now I am just a user assigned to this laptop. Dont have administrator rights. Cant download anything on this laptop.....dont even have winzip installed in this & can download it. The person who setup this laptop is unavailable. …

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I was wondering if anyone else was having a hard time downloading any updates from cwshredder? I have tried several days now and I can't. Part of the time when I click to open it I get a message saying I have a trojan infection, but it doesn't do that …

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I hope someone can help me: I am trying to get everquest 2 to run on my computer. I meet the specs for the game, supposedly, but I am getting an error from the program telling me two things: 1) Texture Units 2 < 4 2) Pixel Shader 0X0000 < …

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Hi all My computer starts up really slow. It is running fine untill it hits the blue welcome screen (windows xp). After that it takes forever to load up the desktop. The background picture however is loaded up immediately. Once the desktop is activated the computer runs as fast as …

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Hello! Very glad I found this place. Here are my problems. Yesterday when I tried to boot up, I had lost my wallpaper and I couldn't open any programs....When I click on "My Computer" I get an "explorer.exe has generated errors" error window. Now, in safemode I can access everything …

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i believe i am infected with some virus. can anyone help? thanks in advance. i have run ad-aware and spybot, which shows clean now. the ability to select ctrl+enter and have automatically input the rest of html address is not working. here is my hijackthis logfile: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 …

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hello, I really need some help here.... I just downloaded hijackthis and cwShreeder b/c I was reading on these forums and heard it can get ride of the bridge.dll error I keep on getting when I start up windows XP. I really don't wont to reinstall windows all together if …

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please help me out, heres the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 12:25:46 AM, on 8/17/2004 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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgserv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\type32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe …

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My sister in laws computer has tons of mess on it. Here is her hijack log, any help would be appreciated, she has Windows XP Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 10:00:25 PM, on 8/16/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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Hi, i am new in this site, i think it's very cool! this is my problem: Norton found Trojan.Byte.Verify...it said "Deleted", and Trojan Horse,Download.Trojan - " Not Repaired" - "Access Denied", is it true? or there might be others... i found a strange file, msxmidi.exe, that i deleted immediately, and …

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my search util was giving me an err msg about a missing file so i download the Hotfix frm MS but the option to search for files and folders does not work it only works when i am online how can i fix and how to prevent the prob anyone …

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My computer shutsdown at the most inopportune times. Does not seem to be related to email, word processing, playing games or anything specific. It is an equal opportunity pain in the tuckis. I get this message. IRQL_Not_Less_OR_ Equal_To Then it does a countdown Have tried relaoding drivers. Have Spybot and …

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I am unable to open Spybot, Norton, or regedit in regular mode. If I reboot into safe mode I am able to run these programs. I have run Norton, Pccillin, Housecall, and Panda Active Scan along with Ad-Aware and Spybot. Many of my issues have been resolved, but I still …

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OK, my comp is infected with this nasty virus. I don't think its very harmful, but its annying as hell. It's the W32.pinfi virus... and my norton AntiVirus 2004 PRO...(PRO, yeah right) can't remove it... Norton gets all the other files, but there is a .tmp file that seems invincible. …

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im having a problem connecting my laptop to the internet.. i have my modem plugged in and i try dialing up .. an Error appears telling me that there is no dial tone and to check if the modem is attached properly.. it happended to me before but the problem …

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here is my entire hijack this log Thank you for your help Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 10:01:40 PM, on 8/15/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe …

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A simple question. How do I format my system drive? Cant do it from windows, and there is now dos in XP. I try to boot from my XP cd, but it only stats the install... I want to format, its been ages since last time..

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At work we just did a upgrade on machines and OS’s (approx 300) They are all using Windows XP Pro and each and everyone has a unique key. (All activated all ready) Now if I want to take one of those boxes and reformat it, can I use that key …

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