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Hello. Thanks in advance for reading the thread and trying to help. A year ago I bought this pc: Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz Memory: 1024MB RAM Hard Drive: 320 GB Total Video Card: MSI NX7600 GS (NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS) Monitor: LG Flatron L1919 S …

Hey peoples, I have a little problem that i cant figure out on my own. Ive been running kubuntu with compiz effects basically all on and enjoy booting into linux every now and then for a little learning experience. Anyways i wanted to trry a new windows manager so i …

Dear All, It seems Firefox 3 and IE 7 in my pc DOES NOT accepting cookies. All required steps have taken by me to enable but still has same problem Even re-installing does not solve :( Please please some one help me :'(

could anyone briefly tell the difference among fedora i386 i686, x86_64 and ppc? is ppc for mac only? i386 and i686 for 32 bit and x86_64 is for 64 bit os??? I did a quick search on google and didn't find good source sites, if any please share. thanks very …

I am using mac leopard and the version of apache that came with my mac. (2.somthing) I typed this into my web browser:[code]http://localhost/~<myname>[/code] And this is what was displayed: Picture 1.png My Sites folder is a shared folder. How do I fix this?

I have loaded windows SBS 2003 several time each time with different levels of partition removal and format. I have tried different installation CD's. Each time I get the same result. Windows SBS loads and all the standard questions are answered. Windows starts and everything appears normal, [B]BUT[/B] the management …

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 …

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 …

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, 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 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. …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 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 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 …

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

Hi, I recently bought a Netgear RangeMax WPN824 v2 wireless router. I set everything up and it was working fine, but when I booted up my computer the next day, it my computer wouldn't connect. My other computer and wireless devices can connect, but not my main one. I can …

I have a home network with three desktops running XP SP2 and a laptop running Vista Business. I would like to use Windows Remote Desktop Web service to control and access my desktops from my laptop (via broadband wireless) while I am away from home. I have used Webex’s PCNow …

Hello, and thank you to whomever is reading this with the intention to help me. My little brother downloaded a file (virus) and it messed our comp up pretty good. There's no C:, no control panel, a lot of options are limited. It took over our background but I fixed …

I can't install any Windows XP upgrades, including Service Pack 3, after the following sequence of events: 1. I used SpyBot to check for spyware. It found 8 objects and removed them. 2. The next time I turned on my computer, it immediately logged off my user name each time …

Please help, I've got a new Vista machine and it's connected to my router but I can't talk to the internet. It was working yesterday.

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I also have this problem (since 7.10), and would hugely appreciate your help. I am using ASUS laptop with 2Gb RAM and 2.0GHz Intel Core2Duo processor. I can't say anything about 7.04, because this is a new laptop, and the first Ubuntu version installed was 7.10. By the way, the …

Hi all, This being my first post, please be gentle with me !! We have had a successful Netgear WGT624 running for the last few years now. Wired via Virgin broadband downstairs and wireless via the router to upstairs. I have this week treated myself to a brand new Samsung …

Hi guys, I'm getting restarts at random and have run and re-run every blaster software I have. Here's a HJT file, if someone could possibly assist? Thanks much, zeroth Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:06:35 AM, on 7/30/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

Is my Windows system using 13 Gb or 3½ Gb? This is a bit of a number cruncher, so here's a summary: My C:\Windows (XP) on a partitioned HDD states it is using 13 Gb out of 20 Gb. There are three [B]big[/B] folders only on C drive, and nothing …

Hey y'all... I was wondering if anyone could help me with my generic MP3 player. I bought it off ebay and looks just like the ipod nano. I used it about a week or so ago while trying to sleep. I shut it off and just layed it beside the …

Hello! I need some help with choosing between these products AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ My choice would be 6000+ but I wanted to ask if it really is the best. Thanks.

When I click on the start button on the desktop taskbar, I do not find the Run command. I started the 'Secondary Logon Service' and clicked 'start' on the Action menu. But it does not bring back the 'Run' Command. Please help me, by suggesting what to do to bring …

I have an old lan party socket A board. This board was working great and then one day just stopped working. I've tried different ram, new power supply, i've tested the cpu in other boards (worked fine), etc. etc. Basically it all comes down to the board and i've tried …

heres my HJT log. i just finished scanning/removing with spybot, and ive rebooted already. my explorer.exe just automatically shuts itself off, then restarts. it eventually just stops restarting. what originally happened was i had a virus, and it actually removed explorer.exe from the startup registery. i had to add it …

I have one very dead fan in my computer, which is why I have an external one that keeps the machine cool. I also have SpeedFan, which measures the temperatures of both the harddrive and the CPU. I'm wondering if there's a magic number that the harddrive shouldn't go over …

Hi everyone, I am new here and I have been trying to fix this on my own for a week now... I am not very experienced, however I've read through some previous threads and tried a few things based on previous advice to other unlucky people with the same symptoms... …

[code][ 405.681685] wlan0_rename: authenticated [ 405.681688] wlan0_rename: associate with AP 00:18:f8:42:5f:ed [ 405.683255] wlan0_rename: RX ReassocResp from 00:18:f8:42:5f:ed (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4) [ 405.683262] wlan0_rename: associated [ 1500.944687] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -1817657700 ns) [ 1500.948670] Time: hpet clocksource has been installed. [22986.775863] rtc: lost 17 interrupts [22986.860515] rtc: lost …

Recently noticed strange blinking of power LED on my desktop system, following a virus attack. I managed to clean everything up (or so I think) and upgraded my protection apps to prevent reinfection, but this blinking LED seems really curious. It first began immediately after I had changed my power …

After I installed Windows service pack 3 my computer will not boot up past the screen with the little white dot moving. After it boots up I can plug in the Western Digital External HD and my PC will recognize it. I have been in touch with Microsoft support re …

There is program error while running outlook. I can execute it but after few seconds program error message shows. Help !!!

Well, A client brought in a PC LOADED with Viruses and Spyware. Anyhow after numerous scans with Avast! and Ad-Aware, I came here and ran the suggested apps. The problem that still lingers is that whenever I goto the Screensaver Tab, I get the DLL as an App error. Prior …

Hey good folks at DaniWeb !!!!!!! I have a Dell Dimension 3100, Windows XP home, SP3 The computer had many trogans and viruses on it and have been cleaned off. Now I can NOT get this computer to recieve internet packets for anything ! It says that my " Local …

hi all, i am planning to buy a laptop with vista home basic preinstalled. Can i use it to connect to the server in my office? is there any network limitations in Vista home basic? what exactly do u mean by domain join support ?