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When I try to go into my Control Panel and My Computer Properties it says I'm restricted from doing so because I'm not admin...but I AM admin...What should I do Thanks

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My Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5923 has just started misbehaving some few days ago. In the middle of a work it could be anything the screen can just go off without the machine shutting off. When screen goes black and the machine freezes. Sometimes it gets so bad that holding the power …

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When my HP Pavillion operating on Windows 7 goes to hybernation, it announces my account is blocked. I have found that I have to ask for a new account and then I can type in the password. Or rather I could. Turns out that when I later tried to type …

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Hi folks - I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I am having trouble finding exactly what I need so I'm hoping someone can help me here. I have set up a new wireless router, and when I try to connect wirelessly I am told that I have …

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im not sure if i am in the correct area - I am not technical -- I am having a problem in MSN hotmail with forwarding emails. Whenever i forward a perfectly clear email each line start with > and if the eamil is forwarded more than once it will …

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help. My PC has an inbuilt microphone (according to Properties, it's Realtek AC97 Audio). I never had a problem recording with it before, but now suddenly it no longer works. I've tested it with Sound Recorder and the Control Panel testing thingy, but …

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Hi, ive had a little problem tonight, for some reason internet explorer opens and displays ads and its getting pretty annoying. im running firefox for my browser and theres no problems with it. just IE keeps messing about. i have done a full scan with AVG and a full scan …

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Ok, Not sure if you require specs, but a few main ones are; Dell XPS M1530 Windows Vista 32-bit This problem started a few days ago, i can honestly say i don't have a clue how it started. I lent my laptop too my brother one day... day later suddenly …

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Hi everyone.. I am using 2 hard disks.. I have also posted a thread that my 1st hard disk is sloooo.. This problem is from second hard disk(brand new 250 gb).. I have installed windows xp in 1 partition..When i tried to install windows 7 from bootable usb in another …

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I am having a major problem with my vista laptop. It's refusing partly to connect to my router. There's no problem with the router, because my desktop is linked and everything is as good as usuall. However when I try to set up a connection with my laptop it throws …

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Hello, I was trying to help my friend fix her pc, I'm usually fairly decent on working on them,but this has me stumped. Her son is trying to load his club penguin, and on IE 8, after he logs in and selects an area to play, it crashes and reloads …

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It seems that you cannot really hibernate in Win 7 Pro 64 Desktop. It simply sleeps and if the desk shakes it wakes up. I have gone through various procedures that I seen on he web as PowerCfg -h on Disabled Sleep Hibernate There is a Hibernate file. Hibernate shows …

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Hi there, Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 2. From the server and within 'Server Management > Client Computers' when I click on a computer name and choose 'Offer Remote Assistance' I get the following error: [I][B]Help and Support Error Windows cannot open Help and Support because a system service …

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Gamers are used to unearthing cheats that will give them ultimate power over everything, but now it seems that Windows 7 users can also activate a God Mode of their own. Here's a really simple little Windows 7 tweak which activates an already pretty well documented developer shell feature that …

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Every time I run Skype on my Windows 7 Desktop PC, it says that it wants to install an update. When I allow this ... it fails. It says that I must uninstall the older version first. Now I know that it [I]shouldn't[/I] say this. The Skype on line help …

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A friend's computer. He downloaded a bunch of crap in an attempt at antivirus protection. Clicking on malware popups. He paid money to RegTool. Can someone please assist this aspiring PC/Security nerd in cleaning his dirty logs? :) It would be greatly appreciated. I am currently running Microsoft Malicious Software …

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hello can you help me please i have 2 operating system in 1 pc dual booth...how can i uninstall one operating system...hoping for your positive responds...thank you in advance...

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Hello all. I've been having sound trouble with a newly built computer. About 2 weeks after it was built, the sound randomly stopped working after a restart. The following are the steps I have taken so far to try to fix it: -Reinstalled drivers (and made sure the newest ones …

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I just re-installed Windows XP Home on a Emachine EL1200. It istalled fine and runs fine. It's a bit slow in booting up , for being a fresh and new installation so I looked in MSCONFIG, to see what I might find. All the tabs across the top are there …

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A study by a computer security lab has found that porn sites "harboured malware or used "shady" practices to squeeze money out of their visitors," according to an [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10289009.stm"]article [/URL]by the BBC on the study. (In other news, rocks are hard and water is wet.) Researchers from the [URL="http://iseclab.org/about.html"]International Secure …

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ive tried enabling telnet on windows 7 by doing the following: 1.Open control panel. 2.Then go into programs. 3.Then in programs and features there should be a part that says ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ . 4.Click ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ then on the list …

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[b]I use MSN and for some reason whenever I try to check my email it takes forever and a day for it to open, everything in the email section is extremely slow to open. I have tried everything from removing the Firewall but nothing seems to work...everything else opens basically …

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i just got my laptop in 2008 and i want to completely reformat it to where it is exactly the way it was when i got it....system restore doesnt seem to work. Any help would be great! oh and its windows vista!

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Hi; I am making one small application which can store data to my online mysql server. But with c++ win32 how can I do it? Please help me.

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bought a used dell, (xp) want to clean it and reuse it, but it has a winXP logon, anyway to reset for myself?? thanx

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Hi Everyone, I just want to give brief details of my problem, I have two different network, different windows and domain and workgroup. I want to map drive from server 2003 (Domain) to our local machine which have windows XP (Workgroup). Is there any way to map server local drive …

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Hey Guys! I have a windows XP computer that I have setup for my mom. She is not very computer savvy and sometimes clicks on things that she is not supposed to and get virus/malware installed on her machine. Even though I have an antivirus etc, I am constantly having …

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Hello, im running windows XP home edition, and i dont have much IT knowledge, but recently, whenever i log into my computer, whatever the user - in this case it has administrative rights or whtever - i get 2 error messages, 'error loading C:\WINDOWS\kbdmsy.dll', and 'error loading C:\WINDOWS\aralaquv.dll', for both …

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Hi, I've had 108 port scans performed on my machine since yesterday. My firewall has pick it up and seems to have prevented access. My back trace tool has identified the IP addresses these port scans have been conducted from. Additionally I've reported this issue to the IP network owners, …

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