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Explanation first. Ok so I have this problem my computer runs uber slow and when I check my proccesses I have tracert.exe running a lot. Also Getting a ton of pop ups, but'm pretty sure those are just extraneous problems because whenever I delete spyware using spyware doctor tey go …

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I have been looking for a solution to my problem for almost two months now and nothing I've tried has worked. When I go to network connections in windows xp nothing shows up. However, I can still get on the internet, as I'm writing this question right now. If I …

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" there is a file or folderon your computer called"c:\program" which could cause certain applications to not function correctly.renaming it to "c:\program2" would you like to rename it now?" it asks for renaming or to ignore this is the error i am getting when i start the system. pls guide …

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Hi All, Every time I start my computer up the process 'explorer.exe' goes into overdrive taking up 99% of the CPU. I have tested for viruses, adware, malware etc. I have also defragmented the hard drive. Can anyone please help me before I throw this PC away? Regards, Peter

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hello, My question is ~Is window vista is good version of its family? As in my opinion its a very bad version of its family,as to install u need a good graphics card and lots of harddisk, lots of ram and i think that it doesn't support to MS DOS …

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Hello everyone! I work IT for a small school, and I am having issues with my server. It seems as though at different intervals, my domain controller will not recognize authorized users. This has been an issue since we lost power due to an enormous ice storm. I have checked …

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Hi, I have a problem where on initially it appeared that I had no start menu / desktop on Windows XP SP2. Whilst looking which at a number of threads , and performing some invistagation they eventually appeared after 5/10 mins. The system has symantec AV and is free. New …

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I have an old crappy windows 98 computer, and i need to format it, im gotta put linux on it...but i cant format it the way all the google pages say ([url]http://www.bholcomb.com/formatwin98.html[/url] for example...) because the floppy drive doesnt work properlly. Using those instructions, i created the boot disk fine, …

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hi my friend accidently moved setupapi.dll from the system 32 folder and cant boot up the pc properly but can run dos so can he move it from were eva it is to system32 usin dos

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Hi, i'm having problems running a .exe file downloaded thru IE (a poker program to be exact). The error message i get is [program].exe is not a valid Win32 application. I've asked the poker support people for some help but they're as much use as a chocolate teapot.... Can anyone …

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Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine many parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, …

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Hi, I have been experiencing problems with search engines such as Google and Yahoo. I get redirected when I click on a result, but not 100% of the time. An example of one of the sites I end up to is [url]http://www.huntburg.com/[/url]. I would like to know how to get …

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Our local library recently purchased five Gateway Profile 6 computers, all running Vista Business. Besides all the other glitches that came along with Vista, none of them will run Windows Update. They simply show an error # 0x80073712. In addition, when I go into Windows Features, the dialog box is …

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I have two virtual machines set up; one is running Windows XP and the other is running Windows Server 2003. I can map network drives from Server 2003 to XP, but not the other way around. Similarly, I can ping the Server 2003 machine from the XP machine, but not …

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I am running XP (home) SP2 fully patched. I have just had a situation when I wanted to remove an application and used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. It gave the 'waiting for the list to be populated' message and then just stayed blank for nearly 30 minutes. I have deleted …

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Anyone had any problems with Vista going to sleep. My computer reboots when I go to the shutdown menu and hit "sleep". Talked to MB people and they say they don't know of any problems. Nothing in Bios seems to address this situation, and tried all the different settings in …

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Hi ....the wife has a laptop that when booted gives 12 error messages such as "windows cannot access Program files \ibm thinkvantage\rescue and recovery\br_funcs.exe" and others like Reg,exe and 8 xcopy.exe messages. when I ok all of the messages all works fine ! I have downloaded Rescue and repair from …

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I have heard and read that putting your page file on another hard drive will help. I have done that for several reasons but now I want to know how I can or if I can delete the left over page file that is on the c drive where it …

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i was sitting on msn and got a little worse. i have had it 4 3 weeks after they changed the main card on it and now the bluetooth and the bios have trouble.. i got a message on my screen and the only thing there stod was bios error. …

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Thought time ripe (cheap) to get a 17" laptop, burn dvd's, maybe even partition hard drive. Even bought a Toshiba, grabbed some of my software, and...... What? Nothing would install because it wasn't Vista (got the software just before it's release). Calls to Toshiba, MicroSoft and 2 Geek guys (took …

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Hi there, Ok, we have a serious situation here. If I'll read one more thread about issues with Vista 32bit not seeing 4GM RAM I'm going to vomit. Here's issue that will get you thinking. Ok. I've got installed 2 Ram sticks. 512MB each. Acrding to BIOS I've got 1GB. …

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Hi guys, I really messed it up now! Flashed BIOS. Now i can't power computer up cause it keeps on saying that "the NB tachometer fan is very slow". Now my motherboard manufacturer told me that I have to clear comms. An how do I do that? Thank you for …

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First off hello to everyone. I'm having issues with both my scanner and video camera and for both of them I'm receiving an error code 19 (for registry). Here are my problems. I have a sony digital video recorder and I can play video off the sony chip but the …

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You, like thousands of others, may have installed vista on a machine with a gig or less of ram, and thought you made a good choice because microsoft's total care advisor may have said it will run smoothly. Well that is just wrong!! If your pc wasn't preloaded with vista, …

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As requested by hughv heres my hijackthis log.I keep getting IE popups while using firefox.Most times its a blank page with nothing in the address bar,but its very annoying. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:30:08 AM, on 1/17/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

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Hi, i want to tell my view of going back from a 150.00 vista home premiumback to xp mce sp2. It all started when i got a thought in my head that said "upgrade that xp machine via the vista os" not knowing the mischief waiting for any moment to …

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hello i am new here and love the site looks so far , i am in need of help. i have vundo files that i cannot delete period. the name and locale is c:\WINDOWS\system32\vtutq.dll i have investigated this thoroughly and have tried unlimited ways with no luck,,,i have tried vundofix, …

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whenever i use ie or firefox, a lot of the time it keeps coming up with an error message saying there is a problem and the program needs to close. but when it doesnt do that when i try to close the browser, it freezes so i then have to …

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I'm in great trouble.Both of my administrator accounts in Windows(safe mode,normal etc.) are password protected and my problem is that I've forgotten d password.Is there any way I can regain access to my system's contents?

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