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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 …

Hi All, I have a Toshiba A60. When I press the power button, instead of turning a constant blue and booting up, it flashes blue once and does nothing else. Even with everyting unattached. Have tried another working harddrive. It does the same with ac adapter plugged in or running …

I bought half life that came with two disks.I run the auto popup screen that install a so called steam program.no sign of half life (original disks).after the install a run steam and it says cant find steam.dll.I download file and it says cant find steamUI.dll,I download and install the …

My mom give me this scanner, Visioneer One Touch 5300 usb, and the cd that came with it is win 98. Without using cd I plugged it in and used my subcription to driver guide.com to find the driver, it recognized the device and give me the driver, I installed …

Hi guys, Can anyone tell me what to put in the command screen tp do an "ip release" and "ip renew" I know you type "ipconfig" to get the network details but am always unsure what to type for the release and renew. I have been told a few times …

I have got a nasty virus on my desktop running windows xp sp2 Basically, it has: - Disable mcafee services - Disabled all cookies - Hijacked my ie I have read countless forums and have tried what seems like thousands of methods All of the methods I have read about …

Hi there, having strange problem with one of my USB Drives. Was working correctly this morning but midway through transferring some data, it dropped and haven't seen it since. I'm hoping it's not as severe as a reformat or at least there might be suggestions you might have, but I'm …

hi I run Windows XP SP2. Whenever i go to the "run" dialog box and enter "cmd", i get a dialog box that says [B]your system is shutting down in 49:59[/B]. I have to type "shutdown -a" to get rid of it, but i've got sick of it. Plus i …

i got this from our computer laboratory Global.exe,telnet.exe,fonts.exe running on my system. and day by day ive noticed alot of this kind multiply. thanks for the help.

I have a Gateway Tablet CX2618. A few weeks ago I noticed my adapter cord had gotten frayed. I went to WorstBuy and reported it under the warranty. They sent me a new, but different adapter. I didnt like it from the beginning, because sometimes I had to wiggle the …

Hi guys. This may sound pretty dumb, but here goes. I have a Seagate 40Gb external laptop HDD. The other day I changed the name of the drive from "Removable Disc" to "SHAUN40GIG" and everytime I plug it into a computer, it lights up and the disc spins but the …

I tried a repair install on Windows XP, but in the middle of it it tried to run rundll32.exe and is now asking me to choose a program to open with. I posted for help about the original virus on the forums, and got asked for a log. But, I …

Is there a microsoft paint like application for mac? Either built in, or for a free download? If I need to pay, it's not worth it, but if there is one, great. Thanks.

Hello.. i have serious problem with games... on both OS xp and vista.. first i have xp when i play any game including CS 1.6 .. my fps goes down to 10 for 1 minute or more. and then go back to normal after that.. this repeats.. also when that …

is it possible to have a virus on a network. every time i try to connect to a mac computer over the network from my pc my computer restarts? anyone know what could be causing this. i have followed all the instructions from the sticky posts above and i am …

hi all, i am a bigginer in Solaris system , i try to install it , now its ok , but i can't load the graphical mode for this OS :'( other thing , i m LOOKING FOR a documentation witch will be simple and good for a biginner in …

Like the forum this is in says I am a bit of a linux newbie. If anyone can give me some info on fedora core, such as what you think of it I will be very grateful. I wondered whether anyone could also recommend me a (free) linux distro that …

My gateway 500sb computers hard drive recenlty crashed as in, its toast. I now have another hardrive- Western Digital 400- 40 gb. Now when i start to install windows XP it says "No hard disc found, please make sure it is connected blah blah blah." I made sure it is …

Not dead - but not looking that well... :) This is a strange problem. PC won't POST after being properly shutdown and turned off for about 6 hours. BUT will Restart fine everytime, and will start fine even after being turned Off for about 1 hour (haven't tried times between …

Hi everyone ,i'm new to the site and not very good with computers , my avg had picked up alot of viruses which include trogan horse generic and dropper here is my hijack file if anyone could help me get rid of these little buggers for good id really aprichiatte …

i have an old tower i built in 04, enermax case,asus p4p800se mobo, intel 4 / 3.2g was using bfg card went to a pny 7600gs worked fine for a while started up one day no display just goes light in color but not dark like it used to and …

I have Norton Internet Security 2008 on my laptop. It automatically told me to download a file at start up. I followed Norton's instructions and downloaded the file, and ran the program it told me to. The files name was SymFix_1002-1.exe. I then restarted the computer as the instructions read. …

i read a couple of the stickies and i've tried that stuff...but i think my card is done and just wanted to know if theres a sure way to figure if it is or not 1.) I reset my router back to the defaults 2.) Reinstalled network adapter driver 3.) …

Hi all, I m using win xp sp2. Since last two weeks my ie7 started crashing regularly. so i downloaded firefox 3 and after working for a few days it also started crashing. Same story after i downloaded & installed safari. Finally i rolled back to ie6 and firefox2. But …

I am using windows XP and I am having probles with the Internet Explorer Address Tool Bar as when I do a search , usualy with Google when I click on one of the search results it initialy displays the correct URL address but then this changes to a copletly …

I really want to be able to play my movies on my DVD player and I have found no answers how to do it. I would like to be able to convert and then burn to a dvd that will play the movie on a standard dvd player- oh yeah …

I am running some cat5e cable to another room to run another computer and to run into my stereo also. I will run two cables to a wall connector from my router. I have set the wall connector up with the T568A arrangement. Is that ok? My question is how …

I am using Windows XP version 2002 SP 2 as i start computer a dialog box with title "Can't run 16-bit Windows program" opens in desktop and where "Insufficient memory to run this application. Quit one or more Windows application and then try again" is written. there is only OK …

This is probably going to be long but I'l try to explain as best I can. I broke my laptop about 2 months ago, and according to my friend who fixed it, my harddrive had "clusters'. my hard drive is a SATA 80gb with 2 partitions: 1 for OS and …

I am getting an error that sais: The instruction at "0x636e315e" refrenced memory at "0x00c6c0b0". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program and a message like that comes 6 times for every time i close somthing. I need help on fixing this error please …

I recently formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows xp pro. After putting on all my data and programmes i released i had no sound on the computer. There is no icon on the taskbar and device manager at the sigmatel high defination audio codec there is a question mark. …

Can anyone please tell me what they believe to be the BEST antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall....I have quiet a few virus related problems a year :S

Dear Friends Whenever i restart my pc it shows [B]press F1 to continue[/B] at startup screen How can i remove this problem and my pc is new hp brand pc (3 days old) Thanking you pardeep

Hi, I have been using a PC analyiser card and have 2 pc's that have issues 1 Bios issue.. I have tried the battery out and restarting and reset cmos but no good. Is it now a dead mobo? 2.. i have pc that will not turn on 2 different …

Running Vista, all was well with both ethernet and wireless connections to the internet but now I find I am still connected to my home network but can't get to the internet at all. All other computers in the house are fine and connected. Have tried everything including disabling any …

My computer has been having some problems and I managed to determine that the as2008xp virus was behind it. However, it has locked my task manager, regedit, and other system property managers. It has also removed the C: drive link from My Computer. I have the Hijack This log and …

[QOUTE] Hai friends , i have the HP laptop with Window's vista OS , while i am working in my laptop ,sometime it sudenly restart and show the physical memory problem in blue screen. is this my laptop problem or OS problem , please share your opinion ....... thanks in …

I just posted this in the Windows XP forum, but then I noticed this section so I am reposting. Sorry for the double post! Here is the original message, any help would be appreciated. thanks-- I have a problem with my computer. I saw a guy on expert-exchange talk about …

i didn't know where else to post this question... i'm sorry if i'm posting it in the wrong area... mlJCtrrR.dll anyone have any information on this trojan? at least i think it is a trojan... spyware terminator catches it but can't delete it... i can't delete it manually... i think …

IS one better than the other? Most computers i'm looking at have ddr2 but the one i am thinking about purchasing has sdram. i'm not to familiar with termonology, but is one faster than the other, or is one better for certain tasks? Thanks in advance for the clarification

Which of these PCs is better (both have: ultra aluminus midtower, ultra xpro 600w, dual 120mm fans) Option 1 (AMD Based): * Asus M2A-VM Motherboard * AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ overclocked to 3ghz with 1mb cache * zerotherm butterfly cpu cooler * 4gb corsair twinx 800mhz ram * 500gb …

Ok I wanna play this game and its a culmination of a long desire to upgrade my new computer Called Age of Conan...My budget is about up $500 heres the requirements Required OS: Windows Vista/XP Processor: 3GHz Pentium IV RAM: 1GB RAM Video Card: Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM: …

after using adware and spybot removers as well as virus software i continue to get a pop up from a website called "http://searchfind.info/". nothing i do seems to get rid of this. what can i do? someone please help

Hello, today I am cleaning my computer. In add or remove programs, I notice some funny programs: Home Search Assistant Search Extender Shopping Wizard SlotchBar I can't remove them through add or remove programs though. So I downloaded hijackthis. I don't know what to delete, so please help. Here's the …

My system is not booting. I have replaced RAM and replaced Motherboard and Hard Disk. I have Gigabyte Motherboard with AMD Porcessor and Kingston RAM. Can anyone help PROBLEM is WHERE???????Please HELP

Can XP be installed on a Dell Inspiron 1525 lap top 32 bit Vista OS 1 gig mem. and if so please tell me how or should I just look into getting a system with XP to compliment this one?

Hello to ALL ....... I know that this subject has been approached before ....... BUT ! ....... things change so rapidly and I cannot afford the incorrect choice. My question: Am about to invest in a new laptop and have a choice between VISTA & XP. What do I do …

Hi, this is my pc configuration: intel p4 3.4ghz asus p5nsli mobo 4gb 667mhz mem 1 maxtor 60gb hdd ide 2 seagate 250gb hdd sata dvd-burner asus 512mb 128-bit graphic card my problem is that couple of days ago i tried to set up my seagate hard disks as raid …

Hi, I wish to set up a wireless network using only my laptop. I can set up an Ad-Hoc network but this is very slow to connect and the clients need lots of things to be set up before they can get on the internet. Is there any way to …

Not sure if I am posting this in the correct section but here goes. My laptop is running XP service pack two. It is not picking up the wireless card. There is a wireless card in the laptop as was using it before the machine was formatted. It was picking …