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Please help! My computer was recently infected with some kind of adware. It offers "10 Complimentary Ringtones" from the website I am on (Wikipedia, Facebook, etc.), and if I cancel the pop-up window, another browser window opens advertising ringtones, and it asks me twice more if I am sure I …

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Hey, I see alot of people have hijack this logs in here. Should I have Hijack this? If so why?? I used to have it on my computer before I formatted it. I never put it back on because I thought it was some type of spyware....obvisously it was not. …

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I've been having problems with my computer lately. It's been running slow. First anytime I start my CPU, it says I should run a Harddrive Self Test. When I go to run it, it says estimated time 42 minutes, but I leave it on all night and it doesn't go …

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I've been fighting through a fairly nasty infection and I'm left with one resistant creature that resists the best efforts of the normally available tools. Probably most noteworthy is that a Google search on the culprit returns absolutely no results at all... when have you ever heard of that happening? …

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This morning I restarted my computer (it was on all night) and when i logged into my account my desktop was gone. I can still access programs through task manager but my icons, toolbar, and start menu have vanished. I have done nothing abnormal- i have not installed and new …

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Hallo, Am trying to open the registry editor application to delete some registry files after uninstalling some unused applications..The thing is a dialog box appears saying "Registry editing has been disabled by your adminstrator ".. I am logging onto my Windows XP using the admin account..and there are no other …

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My Sony Vaio simply refuses to charge. I thought there was a problem with the battery so i bought a new one ... only to find this didn't correct the problem. The only way to use my laptop when the battery finally gets empty (its currently got 7% remaining) i …

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Hi , I am having trouble logging my XP Pro SP2 notebook into a Windows Server 2003. Error - "Logon Message - Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable or because your computer account was not found.......". I have tried connecting …

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Hello. Random hyperlinks have been appearing in some of my Excel spreadsheets. I've run virus scans, spyware scans (including AVG AntiSpyware) and they've come out clean. I've also cleaned my registry with Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. Here is my Hijack this log. Please let me know if you see any …

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i reinstalled my windows xp cd because of previous problems and now i have another problem when i click on my computers then check my hard drive it indicates that i have 30gb left and i have a 100gb hd. i tried to find these files so i can delete …

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I will wait until service pack 1 is out there are to many problems that Microsoft need to iron out ie fix:!::rolleyes: [url]http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/ces07.asp[/url] new microsoft home based server what do you guys think rimos :eek:newbie

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Have followed instructions in the main threads with regards to AVG anti spyware and Hijackthis but still appear to have the same problems. I'm being redirected to various websites through IE and have had a whole array of pop ups. Would appreciate any help anyone could give me. The AVG …

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Had a error message appears in my Windows XP. The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142) What's it? How do I solve it?? Please advice. Thanks.

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Ok a couple days ago I turned on my computer and the intel screen came up bla bla bla and I hear a strange clicking noise I take the side off and it's coming from the hard drive. By the time I look at the screen it ayd disk read …

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Yep, I've got it. And the Exploit-Byte Verify Trojan. Here is my HJ log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:07:33 PM, on 2/8/2007 Platform: 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\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXPService.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe …

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I've been thinking of putting a SATA card in my machine to connect a 160Gb hard drive. Can Windows 98 SE handle a drive this size?

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I've been having trouble reinstalling XP Pro on a raid drive. Went to upgrade bios and kapoof, no bios, no computer...dead. Asus K8V-SE Delux. Is this the end or can it live again? Thanks for any experience with this problem.

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i used hijackthis... n i am posting my log.. kindly guide me how to get rid of this virus...which makes new folders in my computer of size 104 kb...disables my task manager, standby and hibernation, hides my folder options... pleaseee help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:09:28 AM, …

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hello, everyone! hope everyone is doing okay. I am having trouble with my computer. I have Windows XP professional service pack 2 and i could not open google. it will say page cannot be displayed, did try the options but to no avail. pls. help. thank you.

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Hi everyone Whilst I am not the most knowledgable in computers, I have discovered that my browser has been hijacked. If someone could please look at the copy of my log below and let me know what I need to get rid of it would be very much appreciated. If …

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OK. I'm an idiot. I've managed to get my laptop hijacked... though I'm still not entirely sure how. I don't recall having gone to any websites that I haven't been to before, but... when I went to look at history everything had been cleared. About a week ago I installed …

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:confused: Hi Folks... I have an interesting issue that I am sure the neighbourhood can help me with... My friend has the following: [B]System: XP pro version 2002 service pack 2. AMD Athlon (tm) processor 1.1 Ghz with 760mb of ram.[/B] The other day, he loaded a new version of …

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hi, got rid of alot of viruses trojans and nasties. but this one stays through it all and wont delete. I keep picking them up downloading. Its called (deepscan generic ranky BC391OEE):!: its getting found in system 32/ driver/ svchost.exe. Will i have to reinstall? Any ideas will be most …

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Hi, I recently bought a new PC w/Win MCE. I would like to transfer my accounts, security settings, and Group Policies from the old PC w/Win XP Pro. I have read that I can use the settings and files transfer wizard, but I am not clear about what is transfered, …

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When I reboot or startup the computer,I get a 'check file system C:' telling me that there is an inconsistency with one of the drives. One time I let it finish the test with no problems Now I stop it ,but it slowly finishes the startup and I have no …

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[COLOR=black]I just bought a new barebones PC[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]PC Specs...[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#333333]Windows 2000 Pro service pack 4[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Intel Chip: Intel Pentium 4 HT [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]RAM: 1.5 Gig[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Video Card: GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR AGP Graphics Card[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Hard Drive #1: 13 Gig- (OS/Games and Programs installed here)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Hard Drive #2: 200 Gig- …

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Hi, I am running a Windows Server 2003 and have several XP computers connected to the domain server. I connect to the server and also a XP machine remotely using Remote Desktop Connection. Is there a way of monitoring or logging who has connected to the computers by RDP and …

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Dear Caperjack, I'm experiencing the same darn problem with the System 32 screen at start-up. Could I ask you to take a look at my HiJack log below? If youcould spare the time: THNX a lot!:cool: El Tete running XP Pro on a Dell 8300 [QUOTE=caperjack]Download 'Hijack This!'.[url="http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-file-328.html"]http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-file-328.html[/url] Unzip to …

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please..I really do need help..and as the question states..for whatever reason all my players in my PC suddenly can't play DVD-rom.. it was working fine the other day...but then the next day when I inserted the same dvd-rom, all my players suddenly can't play them...

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Well I have to do defensive driving in two weeks, and trying to do calculus homework and none of my computers are working corectly. here are some of the problems I am having. [URL="http://www.defensivedriving.com/ddo/browsercheck.html"][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.defensivedriving.com/ddo/browsercheck.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]when I try to click “next” at the bottom of the page, I get …

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