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Hi, I was upgrading from Win98 to windows 2000 on my PC. The installation ran through to completion (100%), and the system rebooted to apply new settings, only when it rebooted it froze in one of the initial screens (BIOS?). I let it set for hours and then finally turned …

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Hi Everyone Firstly, I hope I've posted this in the right place, ( mega apologies if I haven't ) even though Ive attached a Hijackthis log at the end because it might help arrive at my Chkdsk solution. I think I have something running which is blocking access to the …

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hi, everytime i log in to my computer explorer keeps restarting...big loop. plz help. here is my log, Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:07:30 PM, on 7/5/2007 Platform: Windows Vista Ultimate (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473) Running processes: C:\Windows\helppane.exe C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page …

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I recently followed a guide to incorporate Service Pack 1 into my Windows XP Professional installation disc, a process the guide refered to as "Slipstreaming". After doing this I wondered wether or not I could do the same thing with other programs, such as my Anti-virus and Firewall software. I've …

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While I was installing windows 2000 on my laptop, installation froze. I let it set for hours and then finally turned it off and rebooted. Now it still hangs and I don't have a boot disk. Any suggestions?

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Hi I recently got a new pc wich was pretty expensive but worth it i thought until i saw that after playing a game for 30 seconds it crashed it just froze over and didnt turn back only thing i could do is restart the pc the guy from the …

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I am looking for software that can keep a log of what computer a user has logged on to in our companys building. we have a domain using active directoy, and i would like a way so when a user logs on it will keep track of the computer they …

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Hello All My machine which has on occaision behaved itself properly has now decided to attempt to drive me out of my mind. I do not know if this aberrant behaviour occurred before or after installing SP1 for Vista, but what it now does is this. If I use the …

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Hey guys I have a machine thats on a network and whenever I try to log in it does the logon process but comes right back to the welcome screen.the read it gives is: "starting windows..." "logging of" I strongly believe that the problem lies within the registry since I've …

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Hi, I had a slew of spyware/malware infections. I think I got rid of everything using a series of anti-spyware programs, but I'm have one small, annoying problem. At startup, my computer gives me two separate error messages regarding missing dlls (which I believe are due to the removal of …

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I dont have problems opening any folder other than my computer and somehow i cannot see the hidden files. When i select the option ( Show hidden files ) and press ok , it still doesnt show the hidden files . plus cannot open my computer , though when i …

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Hi For some reason my recycle bin wont empty. I click empty recycle bin and it just says calculating time its been like this all day. Theres about 100mb of stuff in there. Is there another way to empty this? Thanks.

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Hi all. I am new to this forum but I am not new to computers. But I've got a problem I just can't seem to get licked. I seem to have picked up a trojan horse. It's called Win32:IWD. I run AVAST and it finds infected files (always in system32 …

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hi! im having this problem with my computer whereby my explorer.exe keeps crashing and restarting. this cycle only stops when i manually terminate the process. but it restarts once i re-run the process manually. i strongly suspect that this is due to a (rather shady) exe file i opened today …

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I recently purchased windows vistro 200(Dell Desktop) which came with windows XP home installed.I wanted to install windows xp professional (32bits). I formated the hard drive(250gig) into 20 gig C drive and rest into D drive using windows XP professional disc. I tried to reinstall windows XP professional on C …

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Alright I got a new computer with an 8800 geforce graphics card and I have a dual monitor setup. One is digital and the other is an old crt (I have the adaptor so I can plug it into my graphics card). Problem: The crt has a nice crisp image …

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I did set a folder to be private mode through the folder sharing and security. After the setting, heading folder become green word. Initially, i still able to access the file inside the folder, however after sometime, i am unable to access all the files inside the private folder. It …

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Hi Everyone! I have windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Finally got out of WinMe which caused me so many problems althought here were some little things I liked, since I am not a geek. . . My question is a bout Movie Maker. My old WinMe used to have …

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i have noticed that my shortcut icons for programs are changing into icons of worddocuments,wat could be the problem?

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Hi Can anyone help with this please? The [B]Thumbnails[/B] option has disappeared from my [B]VIEW[/B] menu. I have tried searching just about everywhere and I cannot find any way to restore it, it's as if it was never there. I have Win2000. Any ideas anyone? I'd be really grateful. flynnboy

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Hi, I have a problen with my laptop (Gateway MX3101b) It's running XP home sp2. It was running slowly recently and Mc Afee did'nt find any threats, I removed mc afee and installed symantec corporate edition, symantec found a trojan of some sort (did'nt note the name sorry!)I removed the …

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Hello all, I'm new and need help. Did some research on the HJT scanner but am a little nervous about using considering everything I've read on it tells me novice users are advised against self healing with HJT. Sorry to start intro with a problem - my laptop is riddled …

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hello Im wondering if someone can help me, I was restoring my system to a previous date and once it was done the computer would not load, past the screen which comes up when you press f8, althougl I am not pressing f8 a friend of mine was tryin to …

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pc has slowed right down recently sometimes taking at least a minute to load a page up, i have a 2meg connection speed and am running xp, any ideas please?

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I have a Dell Dimension 9100 that wont boot. When I boot to the restore CD it goes along until it gets to the page where you could repair or reinstall windows. Up to that point the keyboard works. As soon as it gets to that page the keyboard stops …

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Whats happenin people, I currently picked up a new laptop and I am trying to set up my previous pc as a server so I can go into the files anywhere in the house. But I dont know how to set it up using a domain and I also need …

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Guys, i installed the ThreadMentor software from cs.mtu.edu website, but i could run it . It says, "This application has failed to start because "gtk-1.3.dll" was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem". i re-installed it twice and im still getting the same message. what can i do …

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I have installed XP SP2 on my pc but after installing, it seems I can't get into safe mode anymore. Does anyone encountered the same problem? Any idea how to fix this without reinstalling windows xp?

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I started my laptop today to find that I none of my desktop items showed up, the background wasn't the one I had set, and I couldn't right click on my desktop. Anything I try to open in my start menu doesn't work, and it freezes. I ran my virus …

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error loading the specified module could not be found. Hiya, I have been having the above error pop up in a dialouge box over and over after cleaning out a virus i received from msn, I have checked the other forums for the same problem and while i find a …

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