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hey im sorry if this has already been answered in another thread. i have recently been having problems with my windows xp computer not turning off, when i attempt to shut it down normally, (start, shutdown, shutdown) it does everything normal from logging off, saving your setting, then it gets …

Hey, If look in the XP Forum, you'll find a thread about and the problems I have had with it. Well, I have this computer that is running slow for some reason. At first I thought it was a Virus/Spyware problem, but then after I did a Virus and Spyware …

Dear Anyone. Computer crashed due to a very large and nasty virus, so I reformatted the hard drive, deleted all partitions to force the Windows install disk to repartition (that way the virus couldn't be hiding in the partitions!) and Windows reinstalled. That was fine. Went to Control Panel, couldn't …

[B][COLOR=royalblue]I don't know what else I can do?! My computer kept freezing up so my brother in law deleted everything off my computer and reinstalled Microsoft XP hoping to fix the problem. It didn't fix it! It still freezes up on me, when I am in the middle of doing …

I have found a data miner on my computer called Alexa Data Miner. How do i get rid of this? My friend said it was nearly impossible to get rid of them? Is that true? Any suggestions?

I am on Win xp with sp2 os. For some reason whenever I start the pc a strange window comes up on the screen saying "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error". I send the error report to Microsoft and it still stays there on the screen. Even the cancel …

Hi, I am on [URL="http://forums.devshed.com/windows-help-34/changing-keyboard-layout-to-uk-english-424342.html#"]Windows xp[/URL] professional with sp2. I just want to see if I can change the keyboard layout to UK English. Can any one please suggest me something as how to go about doing this? Thanks.

First of all, EVERY time I start up my computer in normal mode, i get two pop up's saying something like: "C:\Program Files\Linksys\Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\Odhost" was terminated in an unsualy way. And the other window is a bunch of letters/numbers combinded. Also, I sometimes get Dr. Watson windows coming up. …

Hi people, I've recently found that there is no audio from my speakers, but Windows does play system sounds from the onboard(?) speakers on the base unit. Having tried the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" I've noticed that all the options are ghosted out so I can't select them! Any …

Background: I usually check my 13 y/o son's laptop once per month and run AdAware on it to clean out any unwanted stuff. Usually things aren't that bad with only 3-4 tracking cookies found. Yesterday, it found 25! I then looked at his Startup items (via msconfig) and saw a …

Hi folks, hope you're doing well :) I need your help. I have this really annoying thing happening on my computer that I can't seem to stop. Whenever I start Windows XP, this program/spyware/virus keeps taking away the focus of the active window. Nothing appears on the screen... just the …

Hi everyone! This looks like a great place, many members, lots of posts, and can't wait to "dig in." But first, a problem . . . I am a heavy user of my PC, and as of the past few months its "behavior" has been troubling. The problem is that …

I am probably out of synch with your methodology as I ran AVG 7.5 before I found your forum. However, what else is new, so I will post the log with an initial introduction and possibly you can figure out what is going on. Dell Inspirton 3500 laptop, running Win2000 …

Hey, My moms PC si running unbelievably slow.........I don't think it is a virus, spy ware or something else. I think its something else. I've run my ZoneAlarms Zonelabs Security Suite ant it doesn't pick anything up. I would really like some help because if even though it is a …

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Os XP. About a week ago I had about 30% resourse left on 20g c drive of a older computer. and downloaded about 40 pics and I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 8. I checked my resource and and I was very low down to 150mb and was getting alerts. I …

so i ran the scan log thing and this is what it came up with: --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 10:41:44 PM 2/13/2007 + Scan result: C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\MiniBugTransporter.dll -> Adware.Aws : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). C:\WINNT\dhp2.dll -> Adware.DealHelper : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). C:\Documents and …

i am posting my hijackthis log...the problems tht i face are 1. my folder options have dissappeared 2. my regidit has dissappeared 3. no "RUN" 4. the computer creates a "new folder" named folder in every removable drive that i plug in my computer. 5. Task Manager gone.. 6. Internet …

Hey, I got Windows Vista Ultimate, and before I put it in my PC, I want to make sure I the right system requirements. I have 1gb of ram, a Nividia Geforce Graphics card with 512mb. 80gb internal hardrive and a 300gb external harddrive. Lastly I have a AMD athlon …

I've been having problems with my computer recently and suspect i might have a virus or something nasty on my system. Can someone please take a look at my report and tell me what looks bad? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:13:52 PM, on 2/12/2007 Platform: Windows XP …

I tried googling this, but couldn't find anything resourceful. Can someone please tell me how to get Vista on some DVD/R discs ? This is very important ! Thanks.

while installing microsoft visual C++ 6 I am getting the error message "ODBC sqlInstallDriverManager" failed and the program is not installed correctly. Please tell how to remove this error.

Computer getting slower and slower I want bog you down with a lot of words but the problem is browsing the Internet if not on the net my computer changes pages in a flash but a good example is this web net it takes forever to move down a page …

Hello, I've been having this problem for quite some time, and tried about everything I could find on the internet, but nothing has worked. This is the case: Whenever I try to turn off my computer, or log off to go into another account, Windows shows the blue screen with …

My computer came back form the repair shop today and now when I turn it on I'm being asked for a password (windows XP). How do I by pass this to get to the desktop, or figure out how to change whatever password they installed on my behalf. I'm desperate …

Ok. I had installed this brand new DVD burner, couldnt get windows to recognize it...took it to Best Buy and they said it was the IDE cables. I changed them...now windows shows the DVD drive in My Computer and in BIOS. When i put a CD in and try to …

Hi, I have recently updated my pc from the windows updating site and after i had sucsessfully installed all 60 updates i restarted it, it kept on restarting itself and never comes to the desktop. i have tried to get into safemode and all the other ones but it keeps …

i need help on how to delete this program that was installed in a very strange way :?:

After I use my computer for about 20 mins, I get this message and my internet connection becomes unuseable. It says - Generic Host Process for Win32 Services[IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5204/errorip6.jpg[/IMG] And here is hijackthis log ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:23:35, on 7.2.2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

Hey, I was just wondering if anybody had heard anything about this security suite. I seem to be thinking that it doesn't work as well as it portrays it self. It seems that it doesn't work very well...its more for blocking hackers and spywarwe........but isn't very good with viruses. has …