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Dear fellow techies! From the last few days, I am facing a major problem while burning my data DVDs. Everytime, the burn process fails in the beginning (around 1%). I use Nero basically but have tried CDBurnerXp and default windows burning options. I have also tried different optical medias but …

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I have a lot of passwords to get me onto various online sites and services, but I only need to remember one: the complex and hard to crack one that unlocks my encrypted password store. Not everyone is as paranoid as I am it seems, and many fall neatly into …

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Please help! I am running Windows XP and IR 8 via a wireless connection. Just recently whenever I use a search engine (any search engine), I get a message that the page cannot be displayed. this also happens when I search with Firefox. I am connected and I can type …

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I don't know why this appeared when I'm trying to disable the Network Connection and Iam now experiencing difficulties with my network. Please help! :( Thanks! Cedric

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i have a samsung dc10 netbook, and when i turn it on i get the above error, nothing i do will work, i cant start up in safe mode it just goes back to c000021a. and as its a net book i cant reinstall OS as i have no drive, …

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Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and am pretty inept when it comes to computers. Even though I was using Trend Micro PC-cillin, I have gotten an extremely bad virus that I am having zero luck getting rid of. My sister also got the same thing, and the …

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I have windows vista (yes thats a bad thing) however my laptop is switching to locking (sleeping) when I have been inc=actice for a couple of minutes. This is very annoying as I am a uni student and may be reading a document and if i do not touch the …

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I am running a Windows XP SP2 OS on a Celeron 2.0 GHZ with 1 GB RAM. I want to auto power on and shut down my PC when I am not at the computer. Basically I want to schedule the starting up and shutting down of my computer. I …

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hi to all, I cant start my pc when i was working on it, suddenly my CPU were drop down and hanged. after I am trying to restart it or start it but it cant started yet n giving only msg that press F1 to re-boot, press F5 to start …

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I needed to get a file off my computer before I left for six months. It is a license file that must be moved using an application. Well the computer came up with an error saying it wouldn't boot to the hard drive. I think it may have said that …

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Windows will not let me log in. It begins to say loading settings, then the desktop flashes for a split second, then it says saving your personal settings and goes back to the different users on my computer. No users can log in. I recently deleted spyware using autoruns and …

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I am currently experiencing an issue whereby I have two computers that are over five years old now, but the thing is that they just "stopped working." When I try and identify the problem as to why they are not powering up, It turns out that it has something to …

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I just reformatted my computer, and need to get rid of Microsoft Office 2003 Trial so I can install my purchased copy of Office 2007. I tried add/remove programs and Revo Uninstaller, but it's still there. What should I do? Thanks or the help

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I'm new to this forum, and these programs, but I've installed the hijackthis and malware programs. i'm getting popups even if i have no applications opened from internet explorer every so often. i dont even use internet explorer, i have been using firefox for a long long time. here are …

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Hello Everyone, I'm actually having problem on my XP IIS, I copied new website but it wont work while all others are working fine. I have created new virtual directory but still now working. Some say to create new web site instead but It won't allow this option. When Right …

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Well to start i am computer dumb so bear with me. For a while now after using our computer for a couple days it would practically lock up. When this would happen i could go to the process menu and the qttast would be 95% plus, at this piont i …

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I'm currently on a old laptop i had laying around So i got this major virus which nearly destroyed my system but i managed to get rid of all the virus and stuff or atleast i thought so i'm currently running avg internet security on a trail version and it's …

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Hi guys, I've installed Rising Anti-virus on my computer (Win XP) and after restarting i tried to access the task manager but it says " Task Manager disabled by administrator". I've tried to repair windows and disabling the anti-virus but nothing. how can i fix this??

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I recently had one of our computers get infected with smss32/Internet Security 2010. Originally Malwarebytes was unable to deal with it, so following the instructions in other threads I: 1) Downloaded rkill 2) Downloaded and installed a new copy of MBAM 3) Ran rkill 4) Ran MBAM Now after running …

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I have a new HP dv4-1548nr laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and recently (last 7 days or so) when I click on a link either in an email or at one of my vendor sites to go somewhere else I get a window that says " The …

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My 1 yr old HP tablet freezes at least twice a day now, requiring rebooting. I'm using Vista Ultimate on it. Sometimes, it just freezes out of nowhere and needs rebooting. Anytime I plug something into the USB port, it freezes and I have to reboot. WHY is this happening? …

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I switched on my computer and seem to be infected with a programme called live pc care. I tried in safe mode to remove it with malawarebytes, it said it was infected with this problem and it cleared it but when i rebooted it was there again. Can anyone help …

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Hi All, I am attempting to complete are recovery of my Sony VAIO laptop. I first attempted the C drive restore, but the recovery tool did not continue upon restart of the computer. I have recovery disks, and I attempted to use those. It seems to work, then stops and …

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Hello Ok, i have a computer in my room, i also have an xbox 360. My computer picks up my wireless connection from a hub in the hallway. I dont have a wireless card for my xbox so i tried to connect the ethernet from computer to xbox in hope …

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Hello... I have got a VIA board with 2.5 GHz celeron processor, 256 MB RAM bought about 2 years before. When I right click on the desktop to refresh, the computer gets shut down. I installed a fresh Windows XP, but also the problem didn't get solved. I found that …

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Recently I changed my Inspiron computer from Vista to Window 7... So after the change when I type for a really long time my words tend to skip around all over the place and this never happened on Vistas. Now I tested a few theories about what might the problem …

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Due to a computer fail and the fact admin password didnt work I had to fully reset the computer. now I have a blank XP screen with the bin. i have tried to re-add sky broadband but it keeps failing? i looked at the network connections and the wireless connection …

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I have no idea on what is happening to my pc. I have a dell inspiron 6400 laptop and during the last ten days I had always an alert, just few minutes after the start up, saying that the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe" had generated a buffer overflow immediately blocked by McAfee SecurityCenter. …

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Hi, My computer was infected with something that caused a lot of pop ups and it even caused search redirects. One of the popups stated that it was attempting to install something into my computer. After this, my computer would not boot. That's why I restored my computer, however the …

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