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Hi all, I recently downloaded the free Avast anti-virus software for my computes. Seems good so far. but every time it updates itself, a voice and beep occur "ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE UPDATED!" Seeing as how I have my speakers on full blast nearly all the time, it scares the life …

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it's been a month for those THREE error messages on the startup :( I dunno how it happened, I just unplugged my FD (I haven't explored it yet cause I always scan it first with Norton Internet Security) then when I rebooted my notebook to complete the process of healing, …

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Hi, I have been looking for the answer for a week on the net. Maybe I'm not stating my problem correctly. Here goes, I purchased Vista home 5/07(XP pro came with my computer, HP media PC m717on). Vista crashed on me with the last service pack update(I had it on …

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I have just got a new pc other died on me,Iwant to place the hard drive from the old pc to the new one, the OS is windows XP i have been told that the OS will not boot in the new Pc and that i will have to reformat …

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I deleted explorer.exe because Kaspersky Antivirus said its a virus (I think its an error) and I dont have the windows 2000 CD. How can I return explorer.exe without the CD, If there is a copy of explorer.exe please tell me.

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Hey everyone kruser here (newbie) just joined today asus MB a7n8x=e deluxe, windows xp I'm trying to rebuild an old system, mostley used parts but all working last time they were used. All new memory, new AGP graphics card(ati raedon 1650) everything else is used. Athlon xp 3000+ cpu, 3g …

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I am trying to upgrade my media player to edition 11. but it stops in the middle and says, i need to visit microsoft and update my windows in Roll up 2. i visited the website but i keep getting lost. i don't even know what roll up 2 is?? …

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I have a problem with my computer. I saw a guy on expert-exchange talk about it, but I couldn't see the responses because I am not a member. He described it best, so I will paste his description here: On Win XP Pro SP2 PC, when most any program or …

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While installing the software for a Logitech webcam on my wife's computer ( a Sony Vaio with Windows 2000 Professional) a blue screen flashed on and then reverted to a black screen with "Sony" on it which then went to "Operating System not found." Re booting the computer makes no …

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i have a hp pavilion tx1000 and when i try to connect it to a wireless connection it doesn't show me any wireless network i tryed diagnose it and it says " Install wireless networking hardware, and verify that the correct drivers are loaded" and under device manager under networking …

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I can see the network printer (it's on an XP machine), even to its attributes but when I try to sign it in, I get a box that says Access Denied. I'm guessing it's a driver problem (i.e., where would the Vista machine get its driver from a printer that …

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Using the web setup, i created a setup project which will create virtual directory in IIS . The virtual directory contains some dll files. Using c#, i try to download those dlls to a folder in a system.In a windows xp system, i have IIS 5.1, from here i can …

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Last night I got a virus that changed my background to something that said "found virus, download antivirus blah blah *cry*" and downloaded antivirus xp 2008. Naturally I freaked out and deleted the antivirus xp and ran avg. AVG didn't find crap so I downloaded Windows Live OneCare and that …

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I have several questions on antivirus and antispyware software: I am trying to settle on a set of antivirus and antispyware products to use. The problem is that I get interactions. 1. Is windows Defender any good? Does it handle spyware as well as viruses? 2. Is there any way …

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Hi, I am working as windows admin in one of organization and I am requierd to put disk qouta on file server through GPO and I have to restrict users for saving files with file extensions like *.mp3,*.mpg,*.wav etc can any body help me how it can be done through …

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hi i am using win XP SP2,working in LAN & using Administrator account. i want to disable other user from changing my ip from local area connection so that none other can change my ip or can view ip. please tell me any configuration. i am not going to use …

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When I put a memory stick duo into my J drive and click on it I get an error message, "windows cannot find Phin_nguoi_lon.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly and try again" How do I solve thid problem? I was told this was a virus. I ran a …

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I have a Vista desktop wired to a Linksys WRT54G router. I have a XP SP2 laptop connected to it wirelessly and a Linksys Media center wirelessly on my home stereo. Everythng worked great for about a month or two and suddenly the wireless stopped. The Media center gets 0% …

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so what software should you really have, which one is better as well as packages and such. or is there another virus protection program that you can buy that is better than these two?

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Ok so i recently recieved what i believe is called something along the lines of the "Antivirus XP Virus" Where your background and screensaver both get changed, and you lose the ability to change them back. Ive done some research around here and apparently the fix involves these two programs …

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Hi everyone. This morning out of nowhere my desktop background changed while I was surfing the web. I tried to change it back but two tabs in my Properties window were missing, so I couldn't change my wallpaper or screensaver. I downloaded Trojan Remover and did a scan, and renamed …

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Hi All, Glad to have found you guys! I have a screwy problem. I ran Kaspersky AV-7 recently and it cleaned a trojan that was copying an autorun.ini file on my jump drive when I logged it on and also redirecting my C drive to launch Phim_nguoi_lon.exe. I think the …

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I'm currently running Win Vista and Outlook 2003 with the latest service packs. I have a 36 Mb .ost file with rich text emails in it. The thing is when I hit either reply or forward buttons I get "Out of memory or systems resources. try closing some windows or …

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A few times a day, my Kaspersky Antivirus identifies and displays the following message: Riskware / Invader Running process (PID:1924): c:\windows\system32\HPZinw12.exe or a similar message with "PID:1924" being something different than that. I always click on "Do Not Allow", but I am wondering what this is and if I alow …

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I am getting an error when I try to install java on my computer that I just installed windows xp home. the harddrive was formated when I installed xp . It gives me this error "error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid" How do I correct …

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I get mouse freezes, slow to no opening of programs, programs closing without my permission and it thinks too much now.. I have zone alarm security paid version but I keep it off because it bothers me. With 128 mbs of ram and 480 whateverbites processor i have no room …

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hi there. I'm wanting to make an installer for a file, and I need to know how to add the file to the start menu/all programs. is it possable to do this with a .reg file?

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hey guys, I somehow got a random virus from surfing the web, it removes my desktop background and my avg8 would detect a virus randomly. I will provide my HJT logfile and the things that are in my virus vault, thank you. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

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Hello everyone, this is my first post here. And when i am at work, i first thought VNC would have been able to connect to computers outside of a lan but i have noticed it has not worked. So what i would like to do is be able to connect …

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hi this is ram i have a problem whit my windows xp sp2 installation. while installing wiondows in gui mode it shows the error fatal error: the critical system information file (syssetup.inf layout) is corrupt or misssing it shows a log window and close tab down it re starts again …

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