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Hi All, Is there any way to invoke an Window Application (for eg say calc.exe) from a Unix Server. I think we might be needing a Windows X Server running. I am not sure how to invoke an application from the unix server. Any help on this. Regards, Ahamed.

Hey everyone, Had my graphics card fry so I replaced it but now the computer will not boot up. It hangs at the screen where it tries to detect the IDE drives. Can't enter bios or safe mode either. Any suggestions? I haven't tried anything because I really don't know …

Hey i have recently found a problem im not sure what its to do with but when i go to the start menu and go to the quick programmes that i use reguarly such as itunes i click on it and a box comes up with a loader saying windows …

Hi, I have got this thing where if i go on google and search, the text is bigger than usual. Also if i click on a search it loads up a new window and some random site comes up. Id really appreciate a step by step guide on what to …

OK so I called toshiba with this error. I was installing the recovery disk and after the first cd ran at the end this pop's up and now I have no OS and can't even ecover anything at all. Is there anyway to get back in without spending a whole …

Hey to all the good folks at DanniWeb !!!!!!!!!!! I have a Emachine, T1740, with Windows Xp Home Edition on it. I'm lost when it comes to dealing with drivers and hardware that won't install right. This computer was givin to me. It was loaded with a few viruses and …

I have an Emac and older Imac 9.2 which has 6gig available on its hard drive. How do I go about using this older Imac as back-up storage for the Emac if at all possible so that I increased memory on the Emac. Please keep it simple ... I am …

My wife uses her computer only rarely. Every time she tries to sign on, her password has expired. I know there's a way to keep the password from expiring until I (administrator) tell it to. I'm darned if I remember how to do it and looking through "users and passwords" …

I have this file named Blocks on my hard drive that only appeared after a full system restore. It takes up a lot of space and I was wondering if I can get rid of it.

My computer was getting fatal errors for about a week now, getting progressively worse as the week went by. It would keep doing physical memory dumps and what not, but would always work on the second or third boot-up. Last night it completely died and just went to a blue …

Hello all good folks at Dani Web !!!!!! I have an Emachine, W3050, Windows XP Home edition. It had MANY viruses,maleware etc... I got it clean to where SpyBot and Super Antispyware gives me a clean report ! Yeah ! I ran quite a few "cleaners" , including ComboFix. Now, …

My laptop and desktop were already connected (i can even view all computers on network) Now I wanted to share files but the problem is when I right click the folder I want to share I cannot find "sharing" option even in the toolbar... Please help me how to configure …

A couple days ago, I inadvertantly downloaded Micro Antivirus 2009. With that, I had all sorts of issues with pop-ups, programs being blocked, etc. I was unable to do a system restore (first the Help icon was gone from my start menu, then when it came back, the System Restore …

Hello, I am using windows XP SP2 and I am having trouble with explorer.exe, it keeps restarting every 5 seconds and comes up with an error message saying it cannot find winlogon.exe in "C:\WINDOWS\winlogon.exe". Here is my hijack this report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 00:47:34, …

hi guys. i have a problem with my computer. i can't show hidden files/folders on my computer. i've even tried showing them through the registry keys related but somehow the values i change seem to default to their previous values. I've also noticed a file in my flashdisk even after …

Can anyone out there help me....Please! I have a laptop with windows XP and the wireless modem says that I have a strong connection to the internet but when I bring up internet explorer to get to various websites the error: cannot display webpage or address not valid keeps coming …

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, but I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction. I have a P4 system running Windows XP sp3 with a ATI Radeon 9200se card. After the last round of updates, my shutdown screen has the "Standby" button grayed out. After …

Is there an easy (and free) way to copy just the audio portion of an .flv file to another file? Or is there a way to get PowerPoint to play just the audio portion of an .flv file. A co-worker made an .flv video of an event on campus. I …

The problem from the beginning. The system was being slow in general so I knew something was wrong. I had AVG anti-virus. I found AVG to be a pain because I had to update it manually all the time. I download and install Avast antivirus. I scan with Avast finds …

Hi there, I had several problems with my laptop and at somepoint I couldn't even get into windows. I installed avast and started getting weird virus messages (I had AVG before). I run a Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware scan that found 79! infected files. Deleted all of them. I now can't update …

Hey I turned my PC on today and got the following error Windows could not start because the follwing file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom... I turned my pc off and then back on …

Been trying to get rid of CID pop-ups on my nephew's computer for a while now. Have tried several anti spyware/virus programs (Spybot S&D, Adaware, Avast!, UBCD4Win) with no luck whatsoever. Have read many posts regarding removal of CID, so I am posting my Hijackthis log here with hopes someone …

Hi, im new to the site and have searched the forums, but didnt find a solution specific to my problem. I have a a server busy window pop-up and a few programs running that i don't know the origin of such as Gear511, GetModule23, and another. I recently ended the …

I was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of the background behind the text on icons in windows xp. I can't figure out how to do this, and it makes the wallpaper look stupid with all of these blue backgrounds for the text.

I cleaned the room in the basement yesterday... it was some hardcore cleaning and I also vacuumed up my computer (outside and inside to rid the dust). However, after everything was plugged in, I found that it would freeze after an amount of time (not just normal, but safe mode …

hi everyone, I am computer illiterate and sorry if this is a dumb question. I cannot see my desktop, it was blocked by something that looked like spyware or adware.. I downloaded Spybot and Adaware and ran them now it is not there, BUT there is a blank space where …

Hi guys, Setting up a computer for people i work with and wish to tie down the standard user accounts but seem to be having problems. Set up is as follows: vista business 3 users Jeff administrator Bar standard user Kitchen standard user Now i wish to disable standard users …

I recently updated and uploaded my website -http://www.chadwickenddominoes.co.uk - via my webspace on Tiscali. I use Microsoft Office Publisher to build the site. I can view all six pages in Mozilla Firefox with no problems. Now someone using Internet Explorer browser tells me they can only see the first page …

I noticed about 2 weeks ago that a bunch (not all) of my picture and video files are gone!! The folders I had them arranged in are still there, but there is nothing in them. I have been loosing my mind trying to figure out the problem. I have requested …

I have a cable connection with a linksys 4 port router. The internet connection with the home network works fine. I have 3 computers connected to the internet through the linksys router. I can access file on two computers and not the other. They were all sharing files at one …

Hi all, this is my first message and I would to say hello to all the community of Daniweb! Thank you for all your effort! Well, I've a problem I can't resolve myself: All the domains on a specific server with IIS 6.0 WinServer 2003r2 on dell 2950 with Broadcom …

I reloaded Win XP ( formatted drive too). Install went smooth. I can not get a IP Address from my ISP. ipconfig /all shows no addresses. I buillt a new Internet connection with no joy. In Device Manager the NIC is fine, no yellow exclamation point and it says it …

Hi I hope I am posting this thread in the right place, it is the only Virus and Spyware thread I can find, if there is another forum I'm sorry, I hope someone can help. I started having a problem with the speed of my computer a copuple of days …

Hey there, I'm back here on Daniweb because you guys are the only one's who have helped me in the past and I've always been impressed. My kids have picked something up off the net which is causing the computer to not start up properly. The error message is "userini.exe …

Hi anyone with wisdom, I'm currently having problems with google search results redirecting to porn sites and other random sites and also many pages wont even load, particularly anti spyware sites..... i'm running nod32 v3 also ran Spybot S&D, Malware Bytes & Spyzooka. Below is my HJT report and FixWareOut …

Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong - I can't get my camera working on Vista Thanks, Catalana

held me get rid of this virus in my flash disk? anyone?? please.. using command prompt?

Hello ,That should read hijack not hojack lol could someone advise on what to do with this and whats bad if any or program to remove the nasties ,all ready tried AVG antiviri/ spybot S&D/malwarebytes/ and ccleaner and combofix . Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 6:02:17 …

I have been having problems with my browser the last couple days. Everytime i do a google search and click on one of the results, it brings me to something completely different. Also certain webpages dont load at all. PLEASE HELP!! Here is a Hijackthis log of Trend Micro HijackThis …

Please help, I lost my internet connection and I'm using my sister's computer to write you.

We are using Server 2003, SP1 I have a Scheduled Task set to run at 4am, problem is it's not running. The files that the task is supposed to delete, never get deleted.. If I start the task manually, they do get deleted. When I read the sched log (SchedLgu.txt) …

Hey Good folks at DaniWeb !!! I have a Vista, Emachine W3611 I have 38 problems in the device manager that all are probably related. Under "Network adapters" there are 38 things listed that have a yellow exclamation point nest to them. The way I found them is by searching …

"Server Busy" popups keep.. well, popping up. there're two buttons: "Switch" which redirects me to the start menu and "Retry" which causes "Server busy" to pop back up again. I can barely get anything done because this keep happening. i've ran AVG antivirus and it doesn't help much. i also …

hi, think I put this in wrong section so I am reposting here just in case =/ I didn't notice this section til afterwards. I have recently started having a lot of problems with my computer. I guess if I make a list it would be easiest =/ 1. When …

I am making a spreadsheet for work. I have multiple worksheets in this particular file. How do I make it so I can just update one spreadsheet and it automatically updates another one?

If I use a dialup ISP nonMS, does Internet explorer do all the "explorering"? Or does the ISP have it's own.? I use search engines google and yahoo and save favorites for all my webbing. How do I know if IE is behind the scenes running the show. Reason foe …

Hello all, Network setup: 1 commercial rr connection on a home network - I'm experimenting. This network was up and running for over 1 year - all computers had full communication with each other. I changed out two computers for new dual core Intel machines with HPs XP media center …

i recently downloaded java jdk6 how do i get started to write programms

I have had a crash on my laptop. On start-up it will not go beyond the "Welcome" window. Any and all input will be appreciated. I can do simple things but do not know the best way to get this fixed. Thanks, El Viento

Hi All, I posted this in the Windows XP forum, but no one offered any help. I figured that I would post it in the Networking section to see if anyone here had any ideas. Thanks! I have read this site often, but this is my first post. I have …