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I was a lurker here, now I need help. Suddenly, I got the dreaded "missing or corrupt hal.dll" error message. In reading everything I could find on the Net, I succeeded in fixing it, more or less: Computer again runs just fine, everything is apparently operating as it should. One …

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Ever since installing internet security 2006 my computer has revolted against me. More recently I brought my comouter to my country house and attempted to Dial up via Earthlink. Internet was fine but I could not send /recive messages via Outlook. Brought my Laptop home and tested my dial up …

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My hard drive is completely full of junk that i don't need anymore, and is rendering my computer basically useless. For example, it takes my computer over 20 minutes just to start up. So i want to completely wipe my hard drive and start out from scratch. Please, anyone with …

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Recently I uninstalled Lime wire file sharing software after discovering what it [U][B]really[/B][/U] was! Unfortunately it has permanently disabled my task manager from being opened. What exactly can I do to completely rid myself of any lime wire end trail software / spyware and enable my task manager back again …

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HEy all, the most recent windows update KB920872 keeps re-appearing for installation in my taskbar even though I've installed it. What is going on?

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hi. im havin a problem with my computer startin to slow down in all aspects.startup,online page and image transitions are slower...i think it could be registry problems. ive ran adaware,spybot,tweaknow regcleaner,and found and deleted problems with adaware and tweaknow. spybot found nothing. its a dell,a year old with windows xp …

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Help, I'm in over my head. I started receiving a message that read "System Error &H80070583 (-2147023485) Class Does Not Exist" I did a search and found that I may have a manifest file embedded (whatever that means). It was suggested that I remove the files "cdsfix.exe.manifest" or "cdstorager.exe.manifest". I …

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Yesterday I was using my Compaq v2030 laptop and I suddanly got the bluescreen error message "KERNAL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR" it said some other stuff that I didn't quite catch...maybe something about deleting physical memory...and "STOP: 0x00000077" and then it froze up. When I tried restarting it this morning the computer began starting …

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[FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/[COLOR=Sienna]undefined[/COLOR]FONT][SIZE=7]undefined[/SIZE Need info on a HP computer. It has windows Xp. Want to put second hard drive from another computer on it This drive has windows 98 se on it. How would this work. Dummy here as I have not done any changes in a while

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Hi, im using xp home, and between now and yesterday a problem has developed and i cannot stream videos. When i click on download/stream etc.. i can hear the sound buy no image appears. This also happens with dvds on both windows media player and power dvd? im no good …

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[quote=lol_hacker101;253375]...cannot play music files, and when I try to open the Volume Control, it says that "no mixer devices are installed." ...[/quote] I'm having the same problem. Nothing is red(X) or yellow(!) in my sound, video and game controllers. Here's a list of everything in Sound, Video, and Game controllers: …

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sir,i am pasting my system hijackthis file.Please tell me what is the problem because i am unable to use the system it is dead slow.Please make sure As Soon As Possible.Thanking yousystem configurtionIntel PentiumIV 3.0MHzHard drive 80GB512MB memoryLogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1Scan saved at 1:47:25 PM, on 9/19/2006Platform: Windows 2003 SP1 …

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Hi when I start up my pc the display is normal (Windows XP) however once it switches over to users or the desktop the display flips onto its side. The background picture, icons and taskbar are lying on its side and dragging the taskbar doesn't help either. Turning the monitor …

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Hi when I start up my pc my start up screen (Windws XP) is normal but as soon as it changes over to users or desktop display everything flips on its side, that is the background picture, my icons and my taskbar. Dragging the taskbar doesn't help and everything including …

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hi well i have a very weird problem i have succesfully installed windows server 2003 R2 that was with the disc 1 . then i also inserted disk 2 and continued the installtion process. its now that my problem starts.!! as it is i wanted to configure roles onto the …

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Can someone look at this and see if there are any problems with this? Thank you. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:04:06 PM, on 9/18/2006 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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\basfipm.exe …

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Hello, In Despirate Need Of Help I Have A Laptop (acer) When I Turn My Computer On It Goes Through The Processes(you See The Windoes Logo And The Bar) Then A Very Quick Flash Frame Of A Blue Screen Pops Up And Then The Computer Restarts Itself, It Brings Me …

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I will be working on my PC, XP Home Edition, and will randomly lose connection to the Internet. I can still work offline. In order to re-establish connection to the Internet I must turn the computer off and restart it. This disconnect happens whether I use a Belkin router or …

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I have searched this site and the web and have tried many ideas to try to resolve this problem. I recently purchased a computer and installed win XP pro. Ever since I got it I would restart randomly(Rarely, but always while playing World of Warcraft). Just recently I upgraded to …

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I have a phantom dvd drive on my computer. it is not connected to any hardware but it is there as my I drive. I just noticed it in "My Computer" and I can't get rid of it. Thoughts?:?:

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Hello, I just joined here. I seem to have been infected with a Trojan that makes those win***.tmp.exe files...I am attaching a HijackThis log here as well...Please help me as I am not in the mood to lose all my important data. I followed the instructions here: [url]http://www.spyware-removal-guideline.com/win-tmp-exe-popups-removal[/url] I ran …

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Hi, i've been upgrading this old pc that was running win98 perfectly to winxp home... the system now keeps on randomly rebooting, sometimes when i click a button(any button for that matter) it reboots or even on its own sometimes... now i've checked the event logs and at first it …

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I've been experiencing bad pop-ups for a few weeks now, and am at my wits end. I've used 4 different SpyWare removals, to no avail. They come fast & and regularly, and don't seem to be blocked by the IExplore blocker, or another program I've installed. I deleted all files …

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to DKnoppix and Crow for most the images and dgosling for helping get this setup. This guide shows how to reformat your computer in case of a severe corruption or a severe malware infection where helpers cannot guarantee the security of your computer. This guide is for reinstalling …

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Hi all , i have abnormal problem i cannot re appear my quick launch toolbar.... i put tick to Show Quick Launch option but nothing is happening what i must do pls help me ! :(

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Hi all I think I have something nasty. I might guess a trojan but I don't really know enough to say for sure, although I've done my best to research as best I can (which I've added below). I hope someone here can help me. First my PC it's a …

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My god am I frustrated with this one. My explorer.exe keeps randomly jumping to 99% CPU and staying there. I don't have a clue as to why. I've already scanned for viruses, spyware, and adware with Symantec Antivirus, spybot, and ad-aware under safe-mode twice and I found and deleted everything …

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What virus scaner does everyone recomend? I use NOD32 currently cause it does not use as much bandwith as most other ones. Does anyone have any sugestions on if this one is ok or which one is beter?

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OK folks..I don't know that this is the correct area for this post but if it's not someone tell me. I'm pretty much a novice, so please bare with me. I scanned my PC with Norton Corporate and found this trojan horse virus: A0244396.exe -with this path: F:\System Volume Information\_restore{68CDCF1D-6F8D-4DD2-85D0-1BA3897D2D02}\RP1894\ …

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I have windows xp service pack 2, a clean install with a modified uxtheme.dll to allow for custom visual styles. This was working fine, but after installing a few things (nvidia drivers and utilities for video card, windows .net framework 1.1 when I already had 2.0 installed (side note - …

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