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Administrator, please remove me from the windows 98 forum. I got no help and don't need to use the forums anymore. thanks. petelemm

Anyway... a year ago I've bought new PC and still kept old one to use for online purposes. Few days ago I've changed GP card on new one, and it asked me to register windows online. Today it won't let me do anything until I register Windows online, the problem …

HI Guys I have a problem with a user's GFX card. In a nutshell. When I start the computer in normall mode and go to the computer management I see a the yellow exclamation mark on the GFX card.When i go to the Propeties of the card I get a …

I have a Dell running win XP and have files, etc that I don't want to loose. I heard about VMware Player that allows XP to be run as well as Linux and other OSs simultaneously. I have a need to be able to install RedHat Fedora on this machine …

Hello guys, I have my laptop that came with Vista Home premium. Today I tried to install Solaris 10 but it failed. I tried to boot my Vista it failed also. Then I used Gparted to remove Solaris partition by deleting it; That made my laptop unbootable with error "No …

My Office 2007 just arrived. But it came on DVDs. But I don't have a DVD drive. Short of buying a drive I don't otherwise need, is there any way to install it? I must have it installed in two days.

I want to get rite to the nittygritty before all the formal intros. Athelon 700mhz with 98SE and several sp's. I recently wanted to try using outlook express but am afraid I've gotten rid of it. I've deleted all reference to it as it ewas interferring with replying to craigslist …

I orignally had a dual boot system and it ran great. I no longer had a need for a dual boot system and removed my second HD. I changed my jumper setting and got it running great with the single hard drive. Now I am getting the error " primary …

I had a virus about a month ago, and have been removed from most blacklists, still so e-mail is getting returned. My question is how can I find out who is sending it back? The virus has been fixed, and the problem solved. I need to geet my clients e-mail …

G'day all :?: I very recently re-formatted my HD, and did a clean install of XP Pro, including Service pack 3. I also upped my RAM from 1.5gig to 2 gig. Every now and again (not every time) that I start up my PC, all boots up fine, until it …

Bigfatbiffta sorry im using your thread but i couldnt figure out how to Make a new thread LOL! i was woundering if someone could help me i have the same problem Of the stupid Virus Alert Virus I have run HJthis and this is my log hope you can help …

hi guys, yesterday i got a damn virus whenever i go to c drive or open my internet explorer automatically some critical error title window come and start irritating me and automatically open IE and redirect to one site to download 1 software and unfortunately my little brother download it …

hey guys and gals, i have been diagnosed with computer ocd (obsessive compulsive disorder) i am obsessed with keeping my computer clean and virus free. literally overnight i have had crash after crash and my kaspersky is detecting this: adware not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO.csb File: D:\System Volume Information\_restore{B15A192A-0024-42A2-975A-EEF66F271A43}\RP639\A0105036.dll i couldn't do a system …

Hi i am trying to downgrade from Vista to Xp, and when i try to format the hard disk with the xp disk, i get an error stating no hard disk is available.

Hey guys I had a problem with my laptop of which i raised the issue on this forum (the problem was that my Windows XP OS was not loading my personal profile on start up) and the solutions were suggested one of it been that i should create new user …

HI! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to computers. I've been getting a system 32 error on start up and I can't seem to shake it. Any ideas on how to solve this dilemma would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanx, Lostcaper

Gooday. I have xp and in my device manager there is a yellow other devices question mark and in that there is a yellow question mark with video controller. I think that before had display adaptors with the video in it. How can I put it back the way it …

Hi, Hoping someone will be able to help me. Whenever I try to run a game on my computer, for example Company of Heroes, I am getting the following error message: Failed to set a working mode for rendering device. This could be due to having an old version of …

Hi all! Two days ago as i was downloading a subtitle for a movie, my desktop suddenly changed and an advert saying that my computer have been infected popped up and became my new desktop background. tried to change the background yet there was no place to click. my web …

my d drive (cd drive) will let me burn play and rip cds but wont let me play n e games or dvds.... whats the problem

First off, I blame myself for this one. But in my defense, our computers are all on the same circuit (independent of the rest of the house) on UPS backup and decent surge protection. Mainly due to we have 4 computers and a laptop in the house. (1 work computer, …

Hi, I have been having a lot of trouble since I got a virus through an email. The email said that $655.00 had been charges against my debit card and quoted a bit of fact so I look at it. My virus detector picked it up and stopped a lot …

Hey all, i recently ran DBAN (using the autonuke function) to wipe my dads old business laptop, and now have a big problem.... There is a cd drive attachment for this laptop, and everytime i try to reinstall windows 2000 (its an old computer), the following error appears: "No boot …

hi, um can someone tell me how to fix my laptop something happened with my laptop and now i can only open my documents(and the files inside it) my computer(and the files inside it) when i open run and press cmd prompt it say's cannot open cmd.exe To Open This …

About an hour ago my PC shut itself down, and now it won't start back up. A few times over the past few weeks when I go to turn it on there has been this noise, sounds like something is sticking. To resolve this I have been pulling out the …

Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller BIOS says my Video RAM is 256MB's. [B]Windows XP Pro SP3[/B] reports graphics adapter max Video RAM as 96MB's. I was told that a BIOS upgrade from Dell would resolve this. I have installed the latest BIOS upgrade from Dell's site without any problems, but this …

Hi,i get bsod's (mostly when closing program's,mostly games).Here is my memory.dmp: Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt' 0: kd> .reload;!analyze -v;r;kv;lmnt;.logclose;q Loading Kernel Symbols .............................................................................................................. Loading User Symbols Loading unloaded module list .............................. ERROR: FindPlugIns 8007007b ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) An attempt was made …

Hi Have Dell Inspiron 1525 with Vista home premium. When I turn laptop on it immediately starts with Start up repair.Then when that is finished I get the blue/green screen with the message :configuring udates stage 1 of 3;.It gets to 2 of 3 then shuts down, restarts and repeats …

Every so often my CFO has a melt down. He may be working for hours on an Excel file and BAM!!! a BSOD. His file is not autosaved even though the setting is for every ten minutes. This has happened from time to time when not in Excel as well(the …

Hi I had IIS and test Director installed and this setup was working fine. then one of my friends installed xampp (apache friends) and now test director is not working. may be the problem with the IIS as when i enter the address of localhost it says it is unable …

Last week I received a document that the author had trouble sending. Since then, whenever I switch language usage or insert the date automatically into a document, I get the message "Buffer Overflow" and the document I'm working on has to be closed. Full virus/malware scans (Panda) have not come …

HI there i have a pc with windows vista business. i've used there the NetTools aparently it came with a virus/rootkit of somekind :( It just stucks the backspace key when i hit some letters. I can write something like asd but if i hit F, P,L and other it …

I just turned on my computer today. All my videos have gone black and white wether its mp4 format, avi format. I currently use ffdshow but the mp4 runs on quicktime in still black and white. Can anyone help? Thankyou, Regards X

I have an HP Pavilion a520n machine with 2-256mb ram modules, 184 pin ddr sdram, pc2700 333mhz non-ecc raring. Per hp spec and motherboard spec. It's expandable to 1 gig ram max per HP, although the motherboard allows 2 gig max. There are 2 ram slots on board. I want …

I have an HP desktop pc , a1640n media center addition with an Intel 1.86ghz dual core cpu . I would like to upgrade my cpu to the fastest one supported by my motherboard . I know that my front side bus will run at 533 mhz , 800 mhz …

Hi I am trying to up grade my browser from Netscape 7 or Internet ex 5.1 but having no luck on the internet down loads. Every thing seems to be for Mac x+. I am running on the G3 tower O/S.9.1 Can any body help? Regards Norm.

Now that I can print on the network, how can I see the other computers on there?

My older westell versalink 327W died yesterday, and AT&T offered me a new 2 Wire Modem/Router combo, and i will receive it today. My older modem used 128 bit WEP, no mac address filtering, etc. On my new router, i hear there will be WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WEP. Should i …

Hi, I used to watch online tv before but now, picture is blur (blue, yellow, pink ...) coloured. I was ok before, i don't know what happened? Any idea? I hope this is right place to ask! Thanks

Hi everyone I was unable to turn off my pc a few months ago and had to turn off power supply to shut it down, I was then unable to reboot so gave up on it and brought a new one. I am now wanting to get photos etc out …

Hi guys, 1st time using this site. If anyone could tell me how I can remove adware programs and any other nasties in the below log file I would be very greatful (-: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:39:17, on 23/08/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

Hi, After a adware and virus infection I cannot longer surf on the internet, when I plug the cable it says renewing IP address and then Limited or no connectivity but if I plug a different computer internet works fine. I connected the 2 computers thru a cable and the …

I rebooted my laptop using the disc that came with it. I was getting the BSoD, so I figured I would just reboot it and start over. I'm supposed to have about 220gb of memory, but i says that I only have 38gb free space. There are none of the …

Hi, my computer was all infected so I came to this forum, I read "read me before posting a request", so I ran all the programs [B]DSS MAIN[/B] Deckard's System Scanner v20071014.68 Run by User on 2008-08-10 23:51:29 Computer is in Normal Mode. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- System Restore -------------------------------------------------------------- Successfully created …

Hello one of the computers on our corporate network is infected with Antivirus 2009. I scanned is with Spybot 1.4 as I couldn't get the update do to it. I was finally able to install it and everything seemed fine. This was about 30 min to an hr ago. But …

My external Western Digital Elements 500GB USB drive occasionally sets itself to "Write Protected" and I can't alter any of the files on the drive until I reboot and the write protection is reset. This usually happens after a day or so, and rebooting is the only way of unlocking …

I can see the network printer (it's on an XP machine), even to its attributes but when I try to sign it in, I get a box that says Access Denied. I'm guessing it's a driver problem (i.e., where would the Vista machine get its driver from a printer that …

Last night I got a virus that changed my background to something that said "found virus, download antivirus blah blah *cry*" and downloaded antivirus xp 2008. Naturally I freaked out and deleted the antivirus xp and ran avg. AVG didn't find crap so I downloaded Windows Live OneCare and that …

Please help, I'm getting beeps on startup and the computer hangs...

I have just installed [URL="http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_ionfiles&Itemid=28"]PCLinuxOS [/URL](698 MB) in one of my hardware partition. My Problem is that I am unable to connect to the internet. And I am not able to figure out the reason. So I have decided to post some screen shots, which may explain my problem better. …