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| | I've had trouble ever since renewing (downloaded, no disk) Norton Anti-Virus in Dec, but now computer won't open properly or allow me internet access (Windows Explorer; I have Dell computer, Windows 98 SE). I am using computer at work to do this. Excuse my layman language, I am not super …  |
| | Please can someone help in very easy to understand way? I am helping a man of 74 to use a computer for the first time.He has all ready got his dsl modem/router from telecom+ a zyxel prestige 600.And it will only run on microsoft windows.so can some one tell me … |
 | ok i have VMware 4.5.2 build 8848, and i wanted to setup linux, but it didnt work.. To test it out i then tried xp first and that didne work neither. They noth give me this error, " "Unable to open kernel device "\\.\vmx86": The system cannot find the file … |
| | At first I thought this was only happening in Windows Media Player, but it turns out that it happens in other programs, too, such as Winamp. Music will play at first, and then it will stop playing... when I change a song, or stop and then start again... it does …  |
| | Hi......both my CD drives dont work. I have a cd rom drive (D) and a cd rw drive (E). Neither of them read any type of disc, whether it be data, music, photos etc, and i have tried these disc in another pc and they work fine. I am using … |
| | Running XP on an Intel D875PBZ mobo with 1 SATA HDD and 2 IDE HDD's. SATA is primary drive, other 2 drives are used just for storage. The LED light for the HDD is constantly on; I've ran disk check, disk defragmenter, and scanned for viruses and ad-aware. I've read … |
| | I'm getting a "Failed to initialize remote infrared device" error when XP boots. I have no infrared devices associated with this system. Any ideas? thank you in advance. |
| | :?: What effect, if any, will I notice in my system by installing Standard PC HAL & NOT installing the ACPI HAL? Also, will I lose any of the programs & files currently on my hard drive? Thanks! Tom |
| | hello all, first post, be kind plz :eek: anywho, ive got this machine i built myself, running Windows XP SP2 all availible updates installed. Everytime I go to run a full screen game, (ie final fantasy XI or RollerCoaster Tycoon III) the machine will shut off and restart... but this … |
| | My computer has been effected with many Trojans and it changed the display properties when i want to change the background of desktop. After it's been efftected it also changed the background of desktop by itself. How can i change it back to normal settings? |
| | I have a HSP56MR modem which has ceased working since I installed W2000. I have downloaded the suggested driver from th makers web site to no avail. I have emaild them with no response. Can anybody help. OR I have a second HDD. Can anybody tell me how to put … |
| | I have trouble with popups that won't go away. Help! Here is my hijackthis file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:36:18 PM, on 6/20/2005 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:\Program Files\Common … |
| | Hi I have been infected with a heck lot of spyware my background has been changed to a message saying SYSTEM STOPPED ive a program called spysherrif thats got onto the computer and another called access members area.exe is on the desktop. I have been trying to fix this myself … |
| | I have a windows 2003 Domain with more than 200 clients. I have a registry key that can display computer Name with "My Computer" Icon on desktop.e.g. (My Computer TESTPC1). It is working properly is applied manually. Can anyone please help me in deploying this registry key in the domain … |
| | I'm having trouble with Home Search Assistent, Search Extender, and Shopping Wizard, as well as trojan horses, popups, and other nasties that have hijacked my dad's computer. I'm trying to fix it for him, and would appreciate your help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:28:38 PM, on 6/21/2005 … |
| | It's embarassing to ask this, as I do helpdesk work for a living, but hey... if I can't ask here, where can I? I recently upgraded my system at home to a Pentium 4 (3 ghz) with an Intel Motherboard (915). After doing so, I wiped my hard drive and … |
| | yada! yada! yada! So much spyware, even more spyware programs to choose from. so much other PC problems even more maintenance programs to choose from.. Well here's the rap up on the best free programs.. 1. SpyBot Search and Destroy; this program is powerful!!! it, removes spyware, malicious,bad registry entries, … |
 | Can anyone please tell me how to run scandisk to check for corruptions on my hard drive? cheers |
| | Ok, Im a 13 year old kid who somehow screwed up his computer :-/. Anyways, I hope this forum could help me on what to do. See the problem is, now im grounded, so im sneaking on to try and fix the comp..(Dad not too helpful).. Ok, I cant do … |
| | After ditching Gentoo on my dual booted Windows/Gentoo box, I forgot that Windows was, in fact, NOT first in the partition list. It's 180 or some odd MB away from the beginning. This must have caused this error. I tried many times to go into the recovery console, but it … |
| | Hi, Ok, I've got two problems, which I've been scratching my head over for days and drawn a total blank. I have just finished building a PC for a friend. It's just got Windows XP SP2 on it at the moment, along with the necessary drivers for the hardware and … |
| | I hope this is not a stupid question? :eek: I gotta know if there's any way to protect your window files from being over writen or having any files being saved in your stsem32 folder? :o Thanks |
| | Hi guys, I'm new here and I'm having few problems removing Aurora. I've already taken suggested steps, [ run ewindo, safe mode run nailfix.bat, hijackthis scan and delete nail.exe ] but the program seems to be keep coming back. I'm running on winxp and i've already installed the service pack …  |
| | Alright, here we go. I, like everyone else, tried to manually uninstall this godforsaken program. Then I ran the symantec program, which claimed to remove it. For a while, it seemed to actually have removed it, of course...in the long run, it didn't. So, I d/led HiJackThis and this is … |
| | I have been struggling to fix this for a couple days now. I've run ad-aware, spybot, and many other programs. But I really don't know what I'm doing. I change my homepage and it just keeps resetting back to [url]www.findyourcouple.com[/url]. It seems like it's forwarding to another page every day. … |
| | Hi, My Norton Antivirus detects the Hacktool.rootkit virus but is unable to delete it as it says that the msdirect.sys file cannot be accessed. This is an annoying problem as the error window from Norton keeps popping up, and I need to disable Autoprotect to proceed. Hope someone can help … |
| | Hi, I'm new here and I am having a lot of problems with my PC. Okay, my problem is that I have a ton of spyware/adware on my computer and no matter how many times I delete them with many different spyware killing softwares they just keep on getting back(After … |
| | Hi there, So I've been using McAfee, MS AntiSpyware, Spybot S&D, AdAware, TrendMicro, and Avast, and still cannot get rid of this beastie that opens IE at start-up and sends me to a page at [url]www.freewebs.com[/url]. (This is doubly annoying because I use Firefox. :evil: Thanks, MS.) It's slowing the … |
| | I.E 6.0 not see my web pages. Netscape does, but does not display images. If I use a different computer, all works fine. Re-installed I.E. and windows XP. No help Run repair programs such as pc Mighty Mac & others. No help. I have tried other things but no help. … |
| | When I put a CD into the drive, it does not begin automatically (AUTORUN) as it once did. It seems to me that I've seen something somewhere that gives you the option but I can't find it. Other than that everything else works fine with the CD. I just have … |
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