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My job is completely virtual. I need dual monitors, with seperate dispays, for the next level in promotions. I have two of them. Yes, they are slightly different in size. I bought a graphics card; Diamond Stealth S60 RADEON 7000 - 64 MB-PCI dual monitor support. The box say 98, …

I know this is a easy problem to fix normally, but I've had no success yet. I have a Sony Vaio FW with Windows Vista, and a Maxent TV. I've connected the laptop to the tv with an HDMI cable. The image is displayed on the tv with no problem …

Hi. i get this blue screen when starting my PC very often. Here are my PC specs (report from everest) [QUOTE]Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP RTM) Date 2010-08-25 Time 19:24 --------[ Summary ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer: Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service …

hi sorry for bothering u. i had had bluetooth on my toshiba laptop before(built-in) but i had a problem with laptop screen 2 months ago so they changed it but without format. a few mns ago i was trying to use bluetooth for the first time after my laptops recovery …

i can't start task manager on my xp sp2, i think it's due to a virus. when i try reg editor it enables, but if i close task manager, again the value in registry changes from '0' to '1' automatically !!! please help me... it's my trend micro hijack report …

Hi, Last night my PC was attacked by Antimalware Doctor which is a nasty piece of work!! I couldn't do anything to get rid of it because every time i clicked something it blocked me saying i had an error. I therefire did a system restore to 2 days ago. …

My hard drive has just started asking me to load a disk and that as far as I can get - any suggestions??

So i've been having my pc for 2 years now.Here is it's speccs: OS : Microsoft Windows Xp HE SP3 CPU : Intel Core 2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80Ghz Ram : 1gb Graphic Card :Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 250mb MB : Asus P5L-MX When i got my pc i could …

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hi guys, yesterday i m downloading a songs..by using bitcomet..and when it completed downloading...some error occurs ..and my PC restarted automatically..after it started it shows sum regs errors..that they are corrupted..& need to restart..i dont know wat i do in this..u guys got any idea..!! Thanks in advance for any …

I have an SRW2024 10/100/1000 switch in my office, but I can't access it using wired Ethernet from my laptop. I just can't see the LED blinking on my NIC. Knowing that the NIC is functioning good, I can connect to other networks via cable, but not to this one. …

Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others. [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/[/url]

Hi, I just upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 Home Premium in my virtual box so that the operating system could recognize all of the cpu. My Virtual box setup is a 5 core 1 thread per core setup and XP Pro only sees 2 cores (dual core). Then …

[QUOTE]Picture this: It's late at night, you're sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you …

My Compaq computer with Windows Vista Home Premium crashed last week because a virus killed off my hard drive and I have had to purchase a new computer. It is the same model and includes a free "trial" McAfee antivirus program. But I've heard that two antivirus programs should not …

Hey guys, I'm having internet connection problems. In network connections on a Win XP Home pc there is no listing for the Ethernet Adapter. In device manager there is a listing for this adapter, but when you click on it you get this message. "This device cannot find enough free …

Hi, I have Two Networks in connection as following, First Network -------> switch --------> router -------> Second Network First network's ip is 10.100.A.A , it's subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 Switch's ip is 10.100.B.B , it's subnet is also 255.255.255.0 router's ip is 10.100.C.C , it's subnet is also 255.255.255.0 Second …

Hey everyone This is my first post on DaniWeb. The info on here is great!!!! Ok here is my question. I am self hosting a website on one of my computers running MS Server 2003. Using ZoneEdit.com I am able to port forward to another port my web server is …

Put simply i have two computers running the same edition of windows 7 they are connected on a network and i can access the basic users files that are shared and generally files on the hard drive that the OS is installed on but if i try and share files …

hi... i have a issue on my laptop... i got it back from service again (4 with the same problem) and they had upgraded my laptop from HP DV 6000 series to DV 9700, and now i cant get in too the Nvidia controlpanel i get an error message a …

i recently had some bad malware on my computer from a stupid ad i accidently clicked.(used adware to delete them and it says they are gone) it says it is connected to the internet and some how skype works but ie, msn,yahoo dont work. i run a diagnostic check and …

Could someone please recommend an internet filter, preferably free, that I could download to protect teen sons? I have Windows XP Home. Thanks! :rolleyes:

How to make a autoCAD to be a Screen Protection??

The family computer was recently tinkered with by a houseguest, and the D: drive was deleted. How do I restore the D: drive so that it can be used to save stuff to disc and play discs? Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

Last night I was having a problem with my computer in that I was unable to type my password into the login screen. The keyboard was working fine as I was able to press ESC and go into the boot menu so this couldn't have been the problem. However, I …

I have a virus on my computer that when I search something on google and click on a search result, the link takes me to a random website and the computer is running a lot slower than usual. I have Ad-Aware, Malawarebytes Anti-Malaware, Sypot Search & Destroy, Hijack This, and …

I have a [URL="http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic76992.html#"]Gateway[/URL] 7215GX and some how it seems the power button is now unresponsive. I believe it was caused by my fiance mashing down too hard which caused the button to be pushed under and slightly over, I managed to move it back into place and it has …

Hi everyone The question i have is: Do i necesarily need to have a mac computer to be able to run mac os or can this be done on any computer other than mac? I'm asking because they are insanely expensive. P.S. A virtual amchine is out of the question. …

Dear Folks, Using bash on Linux, how would I list file sizes to 3 significant figures in human-friendly form? If I try [CODE]ls -lh[/CODE] I get 2 significant figures, but I would like to get 3 significant figures. Also, there is the almighty muddle between megabytes and mebibytes that leads …

How do i get after effects CS4 for mac? I cant find it anywhere..i want the trial version..i really hate that adobe isnt keeping the cs4 version in their website (well, if im wrong then plz tell me). OR is there a way to export to CS4 format from after …

i cant get my pc to start it freeses as soon as i get to welcome page anyone know how to solve this i also tried throught the command prompt in safe mode i typed in %systemroot%\system32\restore\restrui.exe. but wont accept says not recognised

Well I need to know which kind of video card I need to but. (slot wise) Also I need tips on which one is good, like pci-e/pci/amd or w/e. what in the report of cupid report do I need to post?

Hello IT specialists of Daniweb, I have a computer at home and I want to limit the time for my siblings in accessing my computer. For example, From the time 8pm to 12am, they can't access my computer. If I will create a new account for them, the problem won't …

Recently bought new linksys wrt160N router to replace usr5461 in wireless homenetwork. After running the installation wizard no connection with the internet was available. The old router works fine however. Wizard advises me to contact the network provider. Even after removing the firewall ( PCTools ) there is no answer …

Back in May, my hard drive (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive)crashed so I turned it in under its warranty. When I got the new one, I plugged it in only to find I had no video. I bought a new …

well i was looking at some videos online and was prompted to update my realplayer and it failed, since then i haven't been able to open any explorer window. I have run adaware, spybot, striker, and norton full system scan. I can't figure it out and i know alot of …

the best feature of windows 7 is windows media player 12. it is not only looks cool, but also it does not have the problems of media player 11. media player 11 has got an major problem, it does not shows the total time of the tracks in playlist. media …

Hello, I just booted up my laptop and something came up called "Security Suite". It keeps running scans and won't allow me to use Malwarebytes or Super Antispyware. How do I get rid of this please. I am running Vista. Thank you.

I've got a basic HP Pavillion Slimline running an AMD x64 dual core 2.7GHz, 4gb ram and 500gb harddrive space. Its loaded with Vista Home Premium but I'm ready to install Windows 7 Professional. I'm backing up all docs, gathering the installs of my third-party software, but I don't know …

I saw this article yesterday titled, "[URL="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/studyfederalgovtcansavebillionsinitspending"]Study: Federal Gov't. Can Save Billions in IT Spending[/URL]," and feel compelled to comment. The gist of the article is that by switching to open source software, like Linux and OpenOffice.org, the federal government would save billions of dollars in IT costs. This is …

[ATTACH=right]17013[/ATTACH]It's official - Apple says it will be [URL="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/01/financial/f100538D23.DTL"]offering individual TV episodes for download 'rental.'[/URL] While many are already heralding the announcement from yet another much-hyped media event in California as another nail in the coffin of old school television, Daniweb spoke to [URL="http://www.danrayburn.com/"]Dan Rayburn[/URL], a principal analyst at Frost …

This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge. I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate: A power surge came causing my …

After two accidentally aborted install attempts for vista ultimate I find that the install cannot proceed. No suitable partition can be found. See attached image. this is a 150GB machine that could not use the restore function... I was certain that there was one restore... none could be found. C …

hi guys, ok i got a problem..hoping i can explain it...while using my PC an error pops up..it says that my Hard disk space is less need to clean or format the drive..but the problem is my hard disk space is free upto 130 GB's...this error appears now on regular …

Hi, At the moment I have access to 2 wireless networks. 1: Where I live, I have access to wireless network it has 2Mbit/s down and up. 2: I Have ISP as well and I have attached wireless router. 10 Mbit/s down and very very bad upload speed ~0.68 Mbit/s …

Okay, I will tell you upfront I have taken very few formal classes in terms of computer hard ware and bios settings and the like. That being said, I'm a problem solver. I love being able to tackle a problem and wrestle it down with understanding and finally beat it …

Hey guys, I have windows XP SP3 on a Dell Inspiron 1501. Recently AVG kind of misbehaved, ie it refused to update and was giving me alerts, so i uninstalled it and put Symantec. This worked for me but of recent, it won't update, and my CPU usage is always …

[B]I'm not very techno-savvy, but i know enough to get by. Not enough in this case though :P I start up the tower and it dose it's Memory test whereas I can hit F1 to get to set up.[/B] [I](There is no issue of freezing in the [BIOS?] Set up.) …

Hi people, I need experts to answer this one as I have tried just about everything to resolve this problem, maybe someone can help. I'll explain what I have done to date. I built this computer a year ago using online info which I later found was erroneous. I have …

When ever i turn on my monitor, F: opens (ipod) can this be shut off ? Thanks Paul