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I have an XP Windows pc that won't boot past the windows logo screen. It also says no hard drive installed when I try a windows recovery. Is this a sign of a dying hard drive? How can I fix/repair this and how can I copy the programme files to …

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It's supposed to be Windows 7's big week, but other news just seems to keep getting in the way. And it's not just competitors like the news coming out of Apple this week, it's big announcements coming from inside Microsoft too. You would think that Microsoft could at least keep …

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I am having problems with my computer. It is a Dell with a XP operating system. The technical support from Dell told me to send them information from msinfo32. I have personal information on my computer. I do online banking on this computer. Can someone see any personal and confidential …

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I usually run in a Limited Users account to leave Administer Acct. closed against attack. In the past few weeks I"ve been unable to access User Accounts. If I click on Pick A Task I get the three choices: Change Accounts, Create a New Account etc...click on any of these …

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I received a message from a friend yesterday thru MSN messenger, he sent me a screensaver link and I thought it was a screensaver he made from the pictures we took. After I downloaded the file and clicked on it, nothing happened. So today I turned on my computer, and …

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The DVD drive (Pioneer DVR-K14VAS drive) on my Sony Vaio laptop has recently developed a weird problem - it only reads DVDs and CDs bought from a store - like movies or music CDs. It does not read any of the CDs or DVDs that I have burnt over the …

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i downloaded a song through limewire and the song required a license to be played. i tried to acquire the license and brought me to a page that advised me to download a mediaplayer. I continued with the process and cancelled the download of the mediaplayer but the download pushed …

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I recently noticed problems occuring in my software and during regular use of the computer. Examples : say your online reading on the screen, a certain few words will blink occasionally or clicks or pops audibly. It happens every few seconds. I finally hit ctrl, alt, del and went to …

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A couple of nights ago I opened a video file with winamp, which told me that I needed to download a codec to watch said file. So I downloaded the codec and clicked Run (not Save) and suddenly my comp BSOD's on me and shuts down. I dunno if this …

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Hi there. I have had my secondary harddrive go bad on me. all my files have gone currupt. I have had this problem before when I was a windows 98 user, and I managed to fix the problem with an FDISK, followed by FORMAT. So here is my problem. I …

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I have an Acer 5530 and have no problems out of it until now. Now when it boots up in the vista password screen the keyboard and the mouse pad will not work. They will work in the bios screen and I tried f8 to fix the computer and they …

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My laptop will not turn on completely. It powers up but I keep getting this message. IDE #0 Error Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13(021015) PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, Check cable PXE-Mof : Exiting PXE Rom Insert System …

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hi guys,.. wel i'm not able to view the folders in the drive where i i have the OS installed.. all the program files, windows folders r not visible. but when i type in the address in the address bar i find dat its still there.. i've checked the folder …

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my dell inspiron 1545 has vista home basic. now, how do I get windows 7 home premium? can I upgrade? how much will that cost?

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send me the solution of compatibility of the software parashra;s light 6.1, with window 7, whereas the software works fine with window-XP, window vista 64bit, but not with window 7 64bit

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I have installed windows 7 and it seems the latest version of utorrent is incompatible with the OS. The problem is that when the torrent is downloaded the system crashes. Here is the hijackthis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:34:15 AM, on 31-Oct-09 Platform: Unknown …

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Whilst trying to upgrade Windows Vista ultimate 64 bit to Windows 7, I get an error message Error code 0x80070007 missing file or corrupt file. I then have to go out of the upgrade procedure. What suggestions?

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I am trying to update windows vista 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I keep getting Error Meassage 0x80008017 when trying to upgrade . This happens when 6% of the files are copied. There is an annotation that that it is trying to copy a missing or corrupt …

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please help me to update my computer with (securtiy update for windows xp (kb958644) and security update for Jscript 5.8 for windows xp (kb971961) thank you for your kind cooperation

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Hey I get an error when trying to activate Windows 7 Enterprise, it says a problem occured when Windows tried to activate. I have a legal copy and a legal product key, but it gives me the error and won't let me enter the product key or go online to …

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When I try to play from library or a CD a cursor just runs up and down the playlist and nothing will play. I get no audio on websites like YouTube or any I receive in email . I get video but no sound. I had same problem with media …

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I did install the HijackThis and ran it on my pc. I'm attaching the log file from HijackThis and hope you can help me figure out what the heck has invaded my pc. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:19:52 AM, on 10/31/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 …

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Hi ! I use windows xp with MS word 2002.Every time I open a word documet it copies itself with the title's first 2 words altered to a dollor sign($) and ~.so if I name a file ultra.doc it would appear ~$ltra.doc, a duplicate of the original, inside content -nothing …

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My monitor is displaying everything in IE in very LARGE font, I have tried changing screen resolution, updating display and video drivers,and just unplugging etc and nothing works

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Need to change the default in the Removable Disk Format window from Fat32 to Fat. This is for a reoccuring need to format in Fat ONLY. Any ideas?

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I have a friend's Gateway MA7 laptop, because it had a [u]horrible[/u] virus problem. The only anti-virus on it was McAfee (which is worse than nothing, in my opinion), and it had such an infection that new programs couldn't be installed. To be on the safe side, I low-level formatted …

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Hello, so here is my problem. The last month or so I noticed that my RAM usage was quite high. So looking through my processes I noticed my svchost's were really high. Most of them are below 10k, but two really caught my eye. When my pc was at it …

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This is for an IBM Thinkpad R40. The computer has XP (service pack 3) installed, all windows updates installed, etc. Basically, I can connect to WEP and unsecured networks, but nothing in regards to WPA. As a matter of fact, when I attempt to connect to a WPA network, it …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:06:18 AM, on 10/29/2009 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18813) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LightScribeControlPanel.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\QuickPlay\QPService.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick Launch Buttons\QLBCTRL.exe C:\Program Files …

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