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ive got this problem for few hours by now, ive connected another HD to my pc and tried to turn the pc on, i could hear that the pc turned on but there was no display. i disconnected the new HD and tried again and the same thing happend. the …

My browser is hijacked by Coolwebsearch and I've tried every single adware removal and spyware removal I could find but nothing seems to be working.Everytime I open my IE homepage,it is redirected to CWS and when I tried to change it back to my original homepage,it changed back to CWS …

:cry: i have left my pc on for a few days downloading everything was fine, i go to work this morning and my gf tells me she was using it and it "suddenly shut down" asked her if it was hot she said it was, (the case and the inside) …

Hello First time user. I am using a friends old computer running 98se. Everytime i try to access the internet on dial up it connects,the two screens show up in the right hand corner of the monitor but i am always gettinmg the error message microsoft internet explorer has encountered …

I've had the same problem as many others concerning the inability to change the desktop problem. I followed M.Aydogan's instructions in thread 43579 and it solved my problem...I think. Can you take a look at the HJT log and let me know if anything else seems out of order. Thanks …

I have a kind of wierd issue. My pc will boot up fine in the mornings. If i ever have to do some hardware swaps or hard drive upgrades or anything that requires a restart, my pc wont post, I can't even get a monitor turn-on. Some times at random …

I'm an Avant Browser user on both my PC and my laptop so only loaded IE7 to get latest version to compare with AB. For a few days it seemed to work OK but then when I loaded it on my PC I got the "IE has encountered a problem …

hello. I have tried using spybot + avg virus protector to remove browser malware from my computer but IE is still replacing my explorer windows with random urls!!! please let me know if you can help, feeling a little stumped on where t proceed from spybot and avg... here is …

Hiya, hoping someone can help with this, i notice other people have has similar problems. My account on hotmail will absolutely not log in via hotmail.com on my laptop (connected via wireless). I have installed firefox and upgraded to IE7, both give the same result. Have cleared the cache, cleared …

Would using subdomains instead of TLDs cause any errors in WHM? I've successfully used subdomains instead of TLD's but I just need to be sure. The subdomain would have access to cPanel and all of those features.

:mad: [B]I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new [I][U]SATA ULTRA 16 300GB 16MB CACHE 7200RMP Serial ATA/150 [/U][/I]to a [I][U]SATA to IDE Adapter[/U][/I] and …

Hi, I just got a Virus on my PC, I think it's a virus, it's called Abel.exe and it just appeared from nowhere. AVG says nothing. HELP!

I formatted and reinstalled XP but now I have two versions of XP. What to do. And I tried at Add/Remove Programs but ther's no other windows

HI there, :mrgreen: Just bought a new motherboard and processor and the motherboard has four ram slots two are DDR 184 pin and two are DDRII 240 pins. And I have two questions:- Q1) I currently have two 512 DDR 184 pin PC3200 to fit in the DDR slots but …

I copied folders/files to a back up hard drive. Now that I have reinstalled WIN XP on my primary hard drive. I can see however, I can't access all of the folders on the back up hard drive. I get "The folder 'D:\name' isn't accessible. The folder may be located …

Hi I'm having problems with my Dell system. I've got Blue Yonder on here and I'm getting loads of casino popups etc and the system is running really slowly, also after I tried to get rid of them I've got this rundll error appearing on startup. I found a link …

I have read several (numerous really) threads but none of them help me. My computer has two huge hard drives. I have Windows XP on the master drive and I want to install fedora 5 on the slave. During the fedora installation there is a window that says grub will …

[B][COLOR=black]:?: I use two monitors, one for TV sometimes and one for MSFS 2004. The FS has been minimizing and pausing after awhile. How do I shut off one monitor? In device monitor I see X300 and X300 secondary. Maybe just disable the secondary? Then will I have the whole …

I finally got about:blank off my computer by simply removing i-tunes with quick time from my computer. Everything is working much better and I no longer have that about:blank appear when I'm logging off my home page. Go figure.... :mrgreen:

i just noticed this happening when i bootup it's slowed and when i can look at taskmanager it shows that svchost.exe using nearly 90 - 96 % of CPU. i need some help please.

Please HELP MEEEEE! I am at my wits end! I could easily dump data (usually text data) unto a printer connected to an LPT port using the following command - "print /d:LPT1: E:\tickleme.txt" but I cannot seem to do same to a printer connected to a USB (virtual port). What …

[B][COLOR=red]:lol: I purchased a Laptop from a store that had sold it previosly and the first owner had fired up Widows XP and logged his name to it ...[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Now everthing goes via C:\documents and settings\Billy>[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I want to change this login to another name (cos i'm not Billy )[/COLOR][/B] …

"Java not found or not working" This Is the message I read yesterday when I tried to play on pogo and when I cliked on a game It brought me to a page where It said that message I realized since I reinstalled windows I need to update java so …

Hi, each time I close Windows the ending application window appears and informs me that the application "CDirectoryChangeWatcherHelperWindow" doesn't respond. I don't know what this application is, I have no applications opened and no applications in Task Manager too. I'm afraid it could be a virus... please HELP!!!!!!!

:rolleyes: i assume this is the link i need to post this problem i'm having. when i installed xp pro on my w3080 emachine i lost the multimedia audio controller & i have no sound. when i went to the emachine drivers link it sent me drivers .com. when i …

Hello. I'm new to all of this so patience is requested. I have a school project that requires the use of Windows Movie Maker. I have a camera that records video but when i load the video onto my laptop they are saved to Quicktime. So basicly the video that …

Hi friends .. i'm working in a s/w co our co had blocked the yahoo and rediffmails... when ever i access any such a site a black blank screen appearing with" this site is blocked with NETGEAR" i'm using windows 2000 with service pack 5 pc i dont know the …

Ok, here's an interesting one. I have the HP pavilion DV6095EA laptop/notebook and for some reason it has decided to start coming to life (often in the middle of the night) nothing is displayed on the screen at all, but all the lights come on and it beeps. beep............beep...beep I …

Hello, I hope someone has a clue here, because I'm out of options... Here's the symptoms: 1. All my SOFTWARE ONLY icons on my destop have reverted to the default windows )feneric for unidentified) icon. The names for these icons are now all .lnk (links) 2. Same for all software …

Hello, I have a lightly used Personal LaserWriter NT Laser Printer that has been incredibly trouble free and reliable for many years. It recently produced a "Printer Needs Service" message. Is it possible to still obtain service and/or parts for this model? Is there anything I could possibly do myself …

I was googling for "apt-get broke" [my machine] using the google toolbar in ie7 and now the desktop shortcut reads apt-get broke which is reallly wierd. How can i change it back? screenshots availbale if u dont believe it. Reackon i should tel the beta people?

I have a 2.1 GHz G5 iMac running 10.4.8 with everything up to date. The Superdrive worked flawlessly for 8 or 9 months, and then proceeded to gradually lose its ability to recognize blank DVD-R's that I insert. At first the brand I was using failed (Verbatim) but Fuji discs …

When I boot up my laptop I get the following error: [hr]Windows could not boot up because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\System32\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.CONF Insert the Windows installation CD and press "r" at the main screen.[/hr] I have done all of this, but still, it boots with the same …

My yahoo home page has been hyjacked (about:blank) and now I'm getting a RUNDll error message on startup. I read on this site to run a hyjackthis log. I've done that and I will copy it here. I'm a computer illiterate, I'm trying my best to correct this. Any help …

Hi all i have a toshiba qosmio f10-101 notebook,four months ago i have had my nvidia fx 5700 graphic replaced with nvidia geforce go6600 because there were some waves on screen and needed to be changed. From that time i noticed that the new card every two second starts and …

Should memory cards match? For example, let's say you have 768 MB RAM installed in your computer (one being 256 and the other 512). Isn't that wrong? And, if they don't match, what effect does this have on the PC's performance? Thank you =)

Hey gang whats up? Here's my problem. Ever since i loaded win xp i have not had any audio through my speakers. i checked the driver in my sound and audio devices and it was installed but not working properly. So i uninstalled it, and downloaded again from the c-media …

hi i just got my pc fixed(had black screen). i can download stuff on bittorrent as it seems to be working well but i cant connect MSN messenger and websites dont load, tried on IE 5 (i think?) aol explorer mozilla fire fox none worked... how can i fix this? …

not really a technical person, so not very sure how to explain this and please remember that when replying. I was using my laptop to watch a DVD when my one yr old decided it would be fun to turn it off:mad: , when I hit the restart button it …

Machine Specs: "Unit 2" Dell Optiplex GX270 Running Windows XP SP2 Hello all, Here's my situation - I am a new admin at a small company. One computer started giving me this error: "Limited or no connectivity." Here is what I have tried so far: 1 - Tried to ping …

i press on the launchpad that works the online agems where ya put ya password and username and all that and when i do that it frezzs it doz it with ever online game i got it stops at the launchpad for ever on line game i have the net …

Hi, I am running a Windows XP Prof SP2 on a Celeron 2.0 with 640 MB of DDR RAM. I have a S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR built in video card with 32 MB of video ram. I recently migrated to IE 7. I like the many new features which have …

My Internet Explorer (Version 6.0, SP2) would work for about 5 minutes after boot-up, then I would get the "The page cannot be displayed" error, with "Cannot find server or DNS error" at the bottom. It does not matter which website I try to open. I get the same error …

This is going to be lengthy, sorry I really need help...already wasted 8 hours with no solution.... For 2 1/2 years working configuration... 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, 5 and 6 (detail listed below) 1) Brighthouse DNS/Servers all somewhere else that I do not have access to. 2) …

Hi, this never really bothered me before, but now it sort of does. My ADSL connection's IP address is DHCP assigned, and when I first got it, I just plugged it into my Mac, and it worked painlessly, so I never gave it much more thought. But one thing I …

I recently screwed up my registry, and went to MSDN for help & i found out how to fix my problem, which was realy easy, but anyways, now when i startup a box pops up before the desktop or shell starts(the logonui part of the startup) which i dont really …

hi everyone. i'm having a problem i've never run into before. i'm running microsoft windows xp home sp 2. my girlfriends computer running the same thing crashed, and i'm trying to move her important files (my documents) onto my hard drive to back up. her hard drive is in my …

I Know i post alot about problems but most of my problems are curred now. but know i have a new problem. Here goes- I reinstalled windows xp professional but it wont let me connect to my local area connection (my clearwire(broadband)). Ive tried to set it up manually but …

I have just reformatted my hard drive, however i now come to installing itunes which is fine then once i try and install the latest version it comes up with an error saying quicktime is not installed properly and itunes needs quicktime to run. i have tried un-installing and re-installing …

Can't get into windows after i click close on the error message ,have run ewido and ccleaner and nortons to no avail still get error message .even extracted new dll with SFC . EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at 017f:7fcc2479. Registers: EAX=00439cd1 CS=017f EIP=7fcc2479 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00002025 …