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Ok, here's the deal.... I recently bought a run of the mill Microsoft Optical mouse. Ever since I installed it, it seems to have a mind of it's own. It's a USB mouse, and at first I ran it through an adapter in the PS/2 port. Then, I changed to …

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OS is WIN XP. Using Outlook Express for mail. From time to time I find all my mail boxes have been emptied for no reason that I can discern. Very frustrating when one wants to reply to a previously received e-mail. Have tried to duplicate this problem every way I …

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can someone please tell me why the lovesan worm still tries to get on my pc even after sp2, Kaspersky always tells me that it is trying to attack thank you

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Hi, I am running window 98 on a slow computer. I had this same problem last year but it went away all on it's own. My problem is when I try to shut down or restart, my computer locks up completely on the "Windows 98 Shutting Down Please Wait" screen. …

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i have a problem. Can anyone check my log file if its clean? Thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 11:29:19 PM, on 10/29/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgserv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTSVCCDA.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe …

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I formatted my other computer and I popped in my Windows 98SE bootdisk, did all of that and put in my CD (all this time my keyboard worked....) and when I tried to type in my CD key, it doesn't work! Even when I press Num Lock it doesn't work. …

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I've been having problems with Hotmail and MSN. First: my MSN keeps changing my screen name from 'whatever' back to 'dlbell00@hotmail.com' - when I change it back, it will go back to the e-mail addy name the next day! Then: my Hotmail won't even load up. It just gives a …

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Sorry, I've lost my hard copy. I can't access system restore. When I tried to get to a back up date last week, There were none that worked. Tonight, when I went to check, I clicked on system tools and then system restore and it coughed up "My Computer" but …

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My son downloaded something called messenger plus, and now I have all sorts of other programs on my computer that I do not want, what should I do? Thank you for your help, Y.L.

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Hi there, This is a great web site and it's helped me sort all my recent problems out. I'm new to computers and I hop I explain myself properly with the problem Ive got. I have a problem sending e-mails on Outlook, it will let me recieve e-mails but when …

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My computer stops responding at start up. I can get it to the windows XP screen where u see the green back going across the bottom but i cant get it any farther then that. it does it when i try to resinstall windows it does it when i try …

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When I setup WinXP it forced me to make another account, so I did planning to delete it later. I just want one user, the administrator account and no other users. Unfortunately I cannot delete the other account I made (which is also an administrator), nor can I change it …

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Hi, here's a HJT log from my good ol' mom. How I ever got her to run this while talking over the phone line is an amazing feat. :?: Thanks - pepe99pepe Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 2:26:14 PM, on 10/28/2004 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: …

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Hello there...I'll just admit, I'm a nitwit at computers >_> But since no-one of my roomies is trying to fix the problem I'm trying and asking for help heh. (we have a few computers used by a lot of different people..anyways...on to the question) After running Spybot and spyblaster and …

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Hello holy gurus of Computer Tech!! this is my 1st post! hopefully someone can me with my problem... Immediately after windows starts up, i find that there are usually already 2-3 internet explorers opened up in the background (not visible on desktop but visible in task manager) when i try …

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This is the message that comes up: window a fatel exception OE has occured at 0028:C183C83E in VXD PPP MAC (04)0000791E. The current application will be terminated press any key to terminate the current application. Press CTRL ALT DEL again to restart your computer. You will loose any unsaved info …

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windows media player freezes and i gotta ctrl-alt-delete it msn messenger wont load up but when i ctrl-alt-delete i see "msnmsgr" im running Windows ME

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:confused: please help me i can not boot my friends system ,even if i use the windows Xp disk it gives an error "disk boot failure,insert system disk and press enter" to get here i,had a hdd with xp & red hat on 2 partitions,i couldnt remove the linux so …

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i was doing some game playing and stop to check to see if i could download something. when i started my game back up, iwasn't getting any sound. i tried reinstalling the updated drivers for the nvidia nforce chipset, but it just won't take. i don't have the slightest idea …

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I guess you can't reinstall XP Home like Win 98. I know I have some corrupted files so I wanted to copy over them. I tried and now I'm prompted to Start Setup or Start XP Home. When I hit XP Home everything seems to be OK except for my …

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Oh, please, somebody help me! when I turn the computer on, all I get is my background picture and an error message. My task manager is even blank! I don't have a start menu. In order to access aol I had to do it through the file button the task …

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HELP ME PLZZZ! My monitor screwed up on mme, and i am having a bit of trouble trying to resize it to fit on my screen. i have zp, but i cant figure out a way to reset the monitor to how it was. plaz help me!

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I have Windows XP and having trouble accessing some website from my computer. One is [url]www.overture.com[/url], which I can access from another computer, and comcast.net. I really need access to Overture to run my business - please help!!!! I have run spware blaster, adaware, clearned out my browser cache :sad: …

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Hello, Recently my anti virus subscription ran out. I have really got the cash to renew, so I was wondering if there was a free anti-virus (as good as norton) available, because recently i discovered quite a few worms and trojans when i did an online scan from Trendmicro. Please …

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I have Windows 98 SE operating system, and a Hard-disk (20GB) with two equail partitions... There is a short description of my problem on bottom of this post (read it first or start reading how it happened (right below)...)... ----------------------------------------- Today I used my computer as usual, I wanted to …

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i am trying to run a live audio/video broadcast from my computer, i am using a external (creative sound blaster) audio card and an external (web tv) input device, both are usb. about 1 minute in to broadcasting my cpu max's out at 100% and it don't seem right. i …

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Timer on my tool bar ... it loses time. It's 2 hours behind. I keep resetting it. :-| And it stills losing a few hours. :rolleyes: Anything I can do to stop it from losing time. Did I post this in the right place? Thank you.........

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I have the same problem; but it doesn't seem to go away when I try your sollution. This is my log at the moment: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 11:43:06, on 28/10/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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I'm working on a WIndows 2000 Pro machine, that got hit with a virus/spyware this morning. I've run Spybot and AdAware, and there are still issues. I also checked active processes, and ended some. I also went into the registry and removed entries that were clearly spyware/viruses. I can't open …

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