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I have XP Home My computer just recovered from PSU failure. Now I click on the desktop icons and nothing happens - no hour glass no starting of programs. The Icon dims. I have made new icons and the same thing happens to the new ones. The icons on any …

Can someone help? Trend Micro PC-cillin is giving me messages that I've attempted to open dangerous Web sites, although I haven't tried to go to those sites. They include codecservice1.com and us01.xmlsearch.findwh. My HijackThis log is: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:22:51 AM, on 7/18/2008 Platform: …

Problem: Windows wont finish booting up after Windows Load screen after I restarted for network controller driver update. I went to boot up in safe mode so I could just do a system restore but when It boots up in safe mode my mouse and keyboard is not responding so …

I've tried scanning my friends computer with CCleaner and Spybot as well as anti-virus and nothing was solved. The computer prompts "Application Failed to Load" errors upon log in. Then a program called PhotoGallery tries to install automatically but fails repeatedly. There is no internet connection either. The wireless signal …

Hello some unknown thing is causing my AV(kaspersky 09) from not enabling and performing updates please help here is the Hijack log : Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:00:37 AM, on 10/08/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

I have a gigabyte 915 motherboard, an intel p4 2.66ghz processor and a ddr1 512mb memory single stick on my system.. the system was working fine until a few days from today... the system does not boot when the memory is inserted in the slot ( I tried both slots …

Hello there, New Member- Not completely clueless needs some help please, I've obviously picked up some sort of nasty which is mucking up my browser (both IE and Foxzilla) , it keeps redirecting me, and won't allow me to access , even when I type in the URL, any sites …

Hey guys, I've been trying to battle against spyware, malware, falware, and all types of ware and parasites!! It seems i win some battles but i'm losing the war. My biggest problem these days are massive pop ups from random sites, when I run spyhunter, i usually get an average …

I have a 2yr. old dell desktop and I cant figure out what is wrong with it. I can't get it to start back up, when i plug the power cord in the power light just blinks very fast then slows down after some time. Please help!!!

Can i buy an attachment to hook my older video camera up to the computer directly. It currently has the plug in audio and video cables for tv etc. Is there some sort of adapter and is it worth doing so i can put my videos direct onto DVD.

I removed the CMOS battery trying to clear charge but now I get this message when I try to boot: CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS Checksum Bad CMOS Display Type Wrong Unlock Keyboard Press F1 to run Setup Press F2 to load default values and continue ================= This system was my …

I've got an issue with my computer that I suspect is something along the lines of a trojan.BHO. I downloaded an infected file and received a pile of trouble with it but seem to have cleaned out several with the exception of whatever's causing this: Currently apparent effects on this …

Hi all, I installed apache 2.2 on my home computer running windows XP. I want to use the server for intranet. I can access the server from other computers on the network by typing in the ip address of the server computer into the browser address bar. I would like …

Hey guys I'm having a problem with my new XFX 8600GT 256MB PCI-E Card Basically i'm getting no signal from the 2 monitors that i've tried, i know they work because i'm using on now, but not with my other computer Current Setup Asus A8N SLi Deluxe board with ATX …

I just installed apache 2.2... i had a dynamic domain name with dyndns.com after configuring apache,, if i typed [url]http://localhost/[/url] on my web browser, the files shows.... however,, if i typed my ip or my domain name, it can't find it. anyone knows why?

I have a client that I am hosting DNS for and their ISP delegated part of a /24 block to my dns servers for reverse dns. So basically I have a block of x.x.x.64/27 delegated to my dns servers. I'm not sure of the syntax for the zone for a …

After I changed to a newer video card, shut down and started again my monitor has been dark, no display. RAM, processor, drive are all OK; the video card is in its slot and I have confirmed that all cards are firmly in their slots. Does anybody have an idea …

I have an old 366 MHz clamshell Indigo iBook, and it's got OS 10.3.9 on it. There's a Firewire port on this clamshell, but no DVD, so to try and put OS 10.4 on it I wanted to use Target Mode, which seems to be pretty straight forward, and use …

hi friends.. i had one problem..my windows xp didnt boot bec of viruses.. now i have installed ubuntu in my laptop.. i want to install windows xp again.. but the cd's setup.exe file doesnt run in ubuntu.. how can i fix the problem? whats the command for running cd in …

Hi, I have a Dell D600 laptop (windows xp sp2) - its been working fine for 4-5 years suddenly last week the screen froze and when I switched it off and back on the caps lock and scroll lock lights will blink for a while and then the whole laptop …

I would like to upgrade the RAM in my Dell Dimension 3000 from 1GB (2x516mb) to 2GB (2x1GB). Dell quoted me AUD$220 each! The only info they would tell me was "DIMM,1G,400M,125X64,8K,184" So I got on the internet and found that Dell in Canada sell compatible Kingston KTD 8300/1G for …

hi guys, do you guys know how i can configure a "cisco catalyst 3560G" switch to do mac-based VLANing? is this even possible with this series of switches? can it be done with an upgrade to the OS version? cheers guys

My Internet Explorer browser window has "Hacked by pokemon" at the window title. This happens in all the internet explorer windows that I open but not in mozilla firefox. I also could not open regedit before but now I can. I scanned and removed something before and the "Hacked by …

About every 5 seconds, my Windows Explorer malfunctions and restarts. It is actually very painful to even type this message as we speak. My start bar as well as all of my desktop icons all disappear and reappear as Explorer restarts. I believe the error may have come from a …

Hi, I'm new in this forum. My old laptop (4 years) has developed some estrange symptoms. It turns on normally, but once it is on if I adjust the angle of the screen or move the laptop a little hard (the screen shakes) it goes black and appears to crush. …

Hi, My computer developed an interesting problem. I have both IE and Firefox installed, but almost always use Firefox. However, every once in a while I must use IE. Last time I tried to use it, I found the following problem: IE starts OK. Meaning, the home page loads fine. …

Hi, This is NOT an Internet Explorer question. I do not have access to this machine. I loaded Windows XP Media Center Edition on a 1 - 2 yr old Gateway PC using the supplied Gateway recovery CD. I downloaded the [color=#e10000][b]correct[/b][/color] chipset, nic, video card, sound card drivers from …

Hello good folks at Daniweb !!!!!! I have a Dell Dimention 2350 , Windows XP Home edition, SP2. The computer just shuts down at time without error messages. I can be on the net or running any program. Then it just restarts as if I I pushed the start button. …

hi, I am using Intel 945 motherboard . I am facing a problem of boot disk failure. when i keep dvdrom connected without hard disk,it is working fine. Similarly without dvdrom if i connect hard disk ,it is also working fine.. but I have not been able to connect both …

Hi there! I haven't been able to boot my xp machine for a couple of weeks, and decided to "repair" it with the xp cd (SP1) And there wasent no problems at all until the computer restarted like it was supsosed to, and began to install some files, or something …

Hey everyone I'm having a problem with connecting to my router with Ubuntu (the newest version). As well wired as wireless connection hass problems. I'm able to connect to the internet with the utp cable that comes from and goes to the modem (cable connection), but i can't connect to …

hi, ive an intel 865gbf mobo. it supports 5.1 ch audio(or so is claimed i guess). i was planning to attach am TEAC amp to the pc. do i need a sound card if im attaching an amp? wouldnt my amp be doing the same thing a sound card does!?? …

Hello all, I bought a new HP slimline with Vista. I installed Office 95, but found out it wouldn't open files I created with a later edition. I tried to uninstall it, but the software won't uninstall. I did have a Office 2002 Cd, so I tried to install that …

Hi everyone, When my system connected to net, it asked to register my windows xp . i have registered and it has been verified my microsoft and declared that it is not genuine, and asking me go buy genuine. And iam not allowed to update my system. Later i bot …

Guys 'n' Gals, A month or so ago I tried to plug my [URL="http://www.popvoucher.co.uk/cheap-sandisk-cruzer-micro-8gb-u3-readyboost-_lid-mmpcmmam.html"]USB PEN[/URL] into my Notebook (XP SP2) to download some photos. The PEN said it was being charged but the Notebook seems to have no inkling that it's connected. I can't force it to pick it up …

I have a sony dvd drive and for 2 or 3 month it could read cd but it stopped.

[b]The purpose of this procedure is to bypass the motherboard to test the PSU.[/b] [color=#FF0000] Caution:[/color] [b]This procedure will involve working with live 12VDC electrical potentials which if handled improperly may lead to electrical shock. Proper precautions should also be taken to prevent electrostatic discharges (ESDs) within the case of …

Hi,guys i have acer 1640 laptop.the problem is when i trying to instalint the xp on my laptop then laptop is hang after 2 minuts. i have changed the ram but still same problem. today i noticed the cooling fan of my laptop is not working. i checked the fan …

I just bought a new Dell Dimension E521 and want to replace its case fan with a quiet fan. It is a 120mm fan that blows from the front of the case, over the CPU heat sink, and ehausts to the rear. The fan uses a 5-pin connector to plug …

I just got the remote desktop web sevice working and now I would like to create a VPN network with my desktop computer through a VPN router as host and my mobile laptop modem as client. The problem is my laptop modem has a dynamic IP address and I have …

Hi - I am unable to find the cause but there is something on my PC that is trying to send emails and is trying to disable various items in Windows XP. I have run all of ths AV and anti-malware software and I haven't been able to remove it. …

I recently installed Itunes. Since doing this windows media player has added duplicates of most of the music files. I am running windows xp with sp2 which was upgraded from windows me. Computer runs fine but since installing itunes I noticed in windows explorer that itunes installed itself in the …

Hi there, please forgive me if I am in the wrong forum, but I don't know where to begin. I have tried looking at the tutorials, etc, but the language is way above my head. I have recently bought a second hand computer, which on the outside looked a good …

XP doesn't see cdrom drives after system restore. BIOS sees them fine, device manager has yellow flags on both drives, says drivers are missing or corrupt. Installed older cdrom drive, saya the same thing.

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I'm not really having problems that i know of riht now but I just wanted to get it looked at just to see if theres anything i need to get rid of. here the log ======= Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:21:09 PM, on 5/19/2008 Platform: …

I got a nasty little virus so I deleted my hard drive but I restarted my pc before it finished formatting (STUPID) now I cant format it at all when I go into set up windows XP it believes the disc isn't in the machine when it is. Can anyone …

Hello everyone.Yesterday my PC got infected with a virus that disables Task manager,regedit and doesn't allow me to install any program or antivirus,thus I can't check for viruses.Anyways i managed to find out that there are two unknown processes running in the task manager(I can open it from gpedit.msc from …

Hello, So for about a week, I've been running scans regularly using Spybot S&D, SUPERAntiSpyware, and Spy Hunter, but it hasn't gotten rid of the VIRUS ALERT! at the bottom right corner of my taskbar. Also, it oddly changed my clock to military time. Control Panel and My Computer, My …

Hey, I have a "VIRUS ALERT!" notice on the bottom right corner of my taskbar. It also strangely changed my clock to military time. In any case, here is my HJT report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 16:25: VIRUS ALERT!, on 8/6/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 …