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I have inherited a PC with 3 Operating Systems - on start up I must select one of the Operating Systems - the other 2 do not work. I have no idea how to get rid of the 2 redundant operating systems. I have a new Windows Vista Full package …

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I have always used PartitionMagic and DriveImage and when PowerQuest was bought out by Symantec, I started using PartitionMagic and Norton Ghost but this new machine of mine runs Win XP x64 edition, and neither of those programs are x64 compliant ... from what I've been reading on various forums, …

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Hi folks, I tried to resize my partitions and had a "little" problem. Using : Win XP, Partition magic 8.0, one hard disk with 2 partitions. My initial goal: Transfer 5 free GB from my Win XP partition to my data partition. Step 1: reduce the XP partition size ==>no …

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hello i have a problem i recently bought a new computer which has windows vista 32 bit. i tried to install my netgear modem router but when i get to the part where the installation loads up internet explorer i get a runtime error runtime error !program :c:/programfiles/internet explorer/iexplore.exe

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Hello, The auto update has 89 outstanding security and other updates that are not being installed. When I try to click on the install shield in the task bar, the update launcher starts, then it says all updates failed to install. This presents a serious security problem. I tried installing …

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Hello everyone; I would appreciate if anyone can help me out how to trouble shoot of the following windows problems: [B]1. I can no longer boot my pc on ANY Safe Modes options. [/B] When I leave my computer switched off for at least 16 hours or more then turn …

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WINXP when I try to reboot the system I get a msg saying that this file is missing "this applicationhas failed to start because msvcrt.dll was not found" I thought to add it using floppy, so I made a boot diskette, but when I start the machine using this floppy …

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I'm embarassed to be posting this here, but I've been having a problem with my computer lately. It runs Windows Vista 64-bit and has a whopping 8 gigs of ram. However, for the past few weeks, there has been a constant RAM usage of 30-40% being eaten up by svchost.exe. …

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i am having trouble if i double click on my cd drive in my computer i get a message please insert disc. i already have a disc in the drive. the drive that i had in when this started happening was a dvd-rw . i've changed the drive to a …

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Dear all, I would like some help with my PC which seems to have been hijacked. I cant get into safe mode, into control panel and Ctl-Alt-Del doesnt work either. So no way to see what is causing the issue. I can open some programs randomly but the PC is …

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Hi All, I am a newbie -- and have just installed a New Windows XP Home Edition (Legal and Registered) on my computer and was trying to unzip a program and recieved this message.... Component'COMDLG32.OCX or one of its dependecies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid. Ok …

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I've installed a new hard drive on my grandsons computer. I have an OEM XP Home to install, however, when I try to install, the install goes to the loading files for install, then indicates that the plugin.ocx file cannot be installed. If I bypass and continue I get an …

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Hi, on my computer were installed the following programs: - avast antivirus - spayware doctor Today I noticed that my computer became very slow. When I checked the avas untivirus, I noticed that the exe file was deleted and the same happened with the spyware doctor. Please find attached hijackthis …

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My computer keeps trying to download the automatic update for SP2 even though the computer thinks it is already installed. If you go to My Computer / Properties it says that SP2 is already installed, however when I try to install other programs such as Yahoo! Music Jukebox it says …

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Hi, I'm DaMoogle and I'm here with an odd problem. Today, Windows Update got some updates for Excel 2003, IE7, and Outlook. I've tried to download them multiple times, but they will not install properly. In fact, when I clicked install, the yellow icon disappeared from the taskbar (i.e it …

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I am a Windows XP Professional SP2 user. My computer ran really fast before. Then I decided to reformat my system, backing up my files in the second partition and started a fresh OS install. After I have installed all necessary device drivers and restoring my previously installed programs, my …

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I get a message "there was a problem installing this hardware: access denied" when I plug in a new IPOD touch into my customer's XP home machine (a p4 2.4ghz). I have scanned for viruses/spyware, did a registry cleaner, made sure I was logged in as admin, even tried creating …

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When I boot up my computer for the first few minutes it is normal. Everything looks and works just fine. After 5 minutes, the taskbar changes to the old windows gray color and my voume doesn't work. Sometimes when I startup the computer, everything works fine, but the majority of …

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Hello, I was looking over running programs today when i found these programs running in the background ( HWKeyPlus.exe, and jwpen.exe) does anyone know what these are? Ive googled them and found nothing. Ran virus scan, and nothing, they are taking up a lot of memory and it is bugging …

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I have a Compaq Presario XP SP2 that I can't get out of safe mode. I can't find my original CD and I am begging for help, from my neighors laptop. Thank you, Dianro

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Hi to all. I need your help. For about a 1 week I been having this dilema. as a matter of fact I thought that I was going to have to by another hard drive which at the moment I really dont want to waste $ on. anyways after I …

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can somebody please help me. I am unable to use the xp style start menu. There is no option to use it. There is only one option and that is to use the classic style start menu. can somebody please help me i want to use my xp style start …

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My PC was brutally attacked by avsystemcare malicious software which advanced into mezzia trojan's and vundo...'s. I've managed to take all the steps to getting rid of eveything....or so it seemed. The second i think it is cleaned up...it appears again in the registry. I have reinstalled windows as a …

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wow - finally I think I have arrived on the correct thread. here are my results: The only thing that I see that could perhaps be, odd, is an ATI hotkey poller? Index % of PCs with item Code Data 1 0.1% O16 {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll 2 …

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Help me please! IExlorer keeps popping open with numerous ad sites even when I open FireFox. Installed numerous spyware/adware scanners without success. HiJAckTHis log here: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:16:50 PM, on 03/01/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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Hi, Can someone please help to know the path where kernel of windows Server 2003,2000 is located.Please specify the full path for both windows 2003 and 2000 with the name of exe. Thanks and Regards, Ashish Thakkar.

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i have the same problems i used hijackthis and found these: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 4:02:52 PM, on 1/4/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe D:\Program Files\a-squared Free\a2service.exe E:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 …

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I'm using Windows XP - everytime i restart my computer it makes a ticking noise in my tower and the computer can barely be used because it is so slow. I wait usually about 25 minutes until the ticking is done and it works fine (I have checked everything in …

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My daughter's computer gives me this eror when it starts up... what does it mean? Can anyone give me some assistance? I am running Windiws XP...

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