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This is a long one. I tried to make it easier to read by deleting the spaces. Ultimately I'm trying to fix a buffer overrun with explorer.exe runPlatform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe …

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I have read where some have lost their help files as I had. I read lots of replies that sounded good if you are a geek which I'm not so got lost part way through those. I was getting the message that help and support wasn't working and to activate …

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Hey, I'm pretty new to using PCs (Mac user for many years) and recently began having issues with my HP Pavilion dv9000. Two problems occur: 1) Randomly, my web browser will keep opening new windows at a rate quicker than I can close them. My homepage is displayed on them …

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[COLOR=#000000] Can anybody help[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]System>>Mesh CPU>>AMD Sempron 3300+[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Bios American Megatrends [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Motherboard>.ASUSTek K8V-MX[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]OS WinXP Home18 months old b[B]een nothing nothing but trouble from start [/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000]Been back to Mesh twice to have hard drives replaced so currently on 3rd hard drive & 2nd recovery disk[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000]Now …

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[B]Hi there, got a problem with PC.[/B] [B]The currant windows install is fubar'd so i need to do a reinstall....but[/B] [B]and this is the fun part....[/B] [B]The PC refuses to boot from the XP disk even tho the bios appears to know the CD rom drive is there. It simply …

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Hi!I came home one day and I found a new account on the login screen {I use XP and Internet Explorer, btw}:(My Name)(My Roommate's Name)[B]Admin[U]e[/U]strator[/B]Somehow, someone hacked into my computer with a new admin account {I do have the default Admin account in Safe Mode, though.} So I assumed my …

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Hello! I am new to the forum. I found your site thru a Google search. I am somewhat skilled in dealing with computer issues, so I am helping my Dad who is clueless. The downside of this is that I don't have the computer right in front of me, but …

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Its called microsoft windows Xp Home edition with this can i delete my regular Windows me and install Xp with it ...XP was done preloaded witht he new computer we jus got but i'm wantin to fix the old'n up and i dont wana delete it if i cant install …

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My OS had been giving me some problems. So I tried to repair/reinstall it. but when i tried to boot from the cd and tried to repair it it took me to the recovery console and their asked me to enter Administrator paasword. I had never set an Administrator pass. …

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Hello people i need a little help please.... something really messy happen with my PC this morning her is my story i shutdown my pc normaly lastnight everything was fine i turn it on the next day i wirte my pass and everything on my destktop was gone i couldn't …

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Hi I have a script for a user community that needs access to resources by department. Some users have member ship to multiple resources so I have sorted them out by "Printers" and "Shares". *note not all printers are mapped as of yet I am looking for someone to review …

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I have really hard times with my winxp recently. Time to time (sometimes, immediatelly after start) exporer stucks. Main syndrome is that, only thing which is working is ctrl+alt+del, which brings up task manager, but you cannot click anything. Next thing whis is working are windows shortcus eg. WIN+D will …

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i installed windows xp with out uninstalling me first and niw i cant connect to the internet. i have a netgear wireless router and when i try to connect to the network it says i need to install the hardware for it, but one of my freinds said that the …

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[COLOR=Cyan]Hello. [COLOR=Black] My Compac win98 was running Ok. but now when I start it show the window logo, and then then this message came: ' VMM32.VXD is required to run windows. if this file is not in your PATH, you may need to reinstall windows. I don't have disk for …

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Hi Guys I discovered that my partner had tried to install spyware on the computer we share at home .. Anyway to cut a long story short he is the administrator and he has access to all of my folders and my profile which I dont mind however I want …

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yesterday i re-installed windows cause i had a bad virus so wiped everything and start a fresh, i also re0installed 1 of my games, football manager 2007, when i go to load it i get a pop up saying "unable to open in fullscreen mode" and another one after saying …

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Ok, about a week ago, my nephew got my system infected with Spylocked. I removed it, ran adaware, spybot etc. My problem now is I'm recieving fake "Windows Security Center" looking popups telling me there are problems on my system. I know these are bogus, the web address is [url]http://vnmxjcx.com/start/?aid=334[/url]. …

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We want to limit our testing of MS security patches only to those applications that are impacted by the patch. What tools are there out there to determine what dlls, exes, etc are updated by a given MS security patch without actually having to install the patch? If we have …

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Hi.Quickly moving on to my problem : After I turn on my computer (about 10 minutes later) my computer suddenly slows down. When I check my process it turns out my svhost.exe is eating up my ram and my cpu (100mb ram %79-98 cpu). When I turn off that particular …

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Good Day, I bought my japanese laptop last April 7, 2007 here in Yokohama Japan after that together with my friend we convert it to English OS, everything is in good condition except the DVD. I try to insert a DVD Movie but it appears, your Windows cannot view DVD …

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Hi Guys, I saw that this problem has been done before but after reading the details I was still unable to solve my problem, Perhaps some light could be shed. Generic host process for win32 services........ C:\DOCUME~1\MARKD~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4.tmp.dir00\svchost.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\MARKD~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt szAppName : szAppVer : 0.0.0.0 szModName : unknown szModVer : 0.0.0.0 offset …

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I am having trouble! I set up rules for about 15 folders and they are working fine but when emails come into my inbox with the strike through, after I purge them, I don't know which folder has a new message. I used to get a number in () after …

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My free trial with Panda Antivirus Platinum is twenty two days away from expiring, and I'm not 100% sold on them, there were some less than satisfactory events. I have a grand total of six months experience with my home computer, so I'm going to have to rely on our …

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The other day a formated my PC. I managed to get the WMP tool bar on the start bar, but i can't get it anymore. Can you help? Thanks

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Hey there, this is kind of a long story but i wanted to make sure i got all of the facts in there even if im not sure they are relevant so i am running windows xp pro sp2. recently i was prompted to install windows media player 11 and …

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Well, i used to have a 1.6gigahertz pentium 4 with a 4G4A Motherboard and geforce 4 mx440 graphics card; a budget pc basically. That PC died spontaneously after the screen went black, i restarted, and the PC decided to make repetitive siren noise like deedawdeedaw (overheating? my CPU was only …

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Hi I am having problems with my computers startup speeds. It takes too long to load and will freeze at anytime once it has loaded. I am running on windows xp with SP2. Thanks in advance.

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is there any prcedure so that when i shut down my system i get a message which i can use to get reminder. if yes plz tell me how is it possible thank u in advance

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I have a Dell Desk-top (I belie the 4200 series) installed with Millenium. When trying to do my taxes on Turbo tax, I learned Turbo Tax will no longer work on Millenium. I was wanting to save my previous tax years (04 & 05) to a flash drive and move …

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Please HELP!!!!! i just got a new labtop for christmas and my brother got me the trojan.metajuan virus........my norton antivirus will not get rid of it. anybody have any suggestions or can help me fix my computer?

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