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Hello I need your help with a simple Excel issue: This is what I have COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 125 YES 304 NO 1549 YES Here is what I need: If the string in COLUMN 2 is 'YES', copy the value in COLUMN 1 to COLUMN 3. What …

I have done all in the "Read me first before posting a request". Unfortunately the virus blocks Internet access except the redirect to it's site so I can not post results. Nothing was found with any of the virus programs. Of the three attempts of the GMER sweep the computer …

Hi, I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, and have installed Windows Live Mail due to the removal of Windows Mail. I am having a similar issue with Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 as i did before in Vista with Windows Mail. It seems that whenever i click …

The weirdest thing ever happened to me today.. I am learning to program so I'm having my localhost etc. etc. I was just viewing some internetpages about python in wikipedia, having my WAMP program running, and my mysql command promp. Suddenly, my screen starts shaking, icons are switching, in the …

However, i'd like to go back and state all of my problems prior. I got two versions of the "windows xp" spyware virus that pretends to scan your computer initially. I managed to get rid of both by figuring out the process tree and ending them, then using avg to …

I'm using a Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.7 and find the print program very limiting in its capabilities. For instance if I want to print "duplex" or "poster printing" it just does not seem to have the ability. If I want to print glossy photos there seems to be no …

I have been a happy user of TrueCrypt for some time on a MacBook with SnowLeopard. I recently acquired an iMac Intel Core I5, and TrueCrypt is throwing error messages regarding MacFuse. I have installed the latest version of MacFuse (2.0.3) and tried the latest beta (2.1.5) but no luck. …

I have just created an MSI file with 'Scalable WinINSTALL LE' and i am now needing to do one of two things. One: How can I cange the TARGETDIR to a fixed location on a server in the network that has the actual setup files and be able to send …

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I have an ASUS mb, A7V8X-X. Does this board handle low or high density RAM? And is it non-ECC? I have 3 - 512 units of PC2700 RAM and I want to max it out to 3 gigs. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2600+. Is there a better processor …

Okay, I was downloading some zip files some while ago while at the same time, I'm also extracting downloaded zip files on my hd. By accident, the zip files that are still in extraction, I managed to click delete on them. The programs started to hang, then froze, which left …

Hi, and I need some help... I'm not remembered much what happened before I got this problem but now I can't access to any of the mmc files in the administrative tools folder currently. Registry Editor and Task Manager still working normally, only the tools in the Administrative Folder... I …

Hi everyone! My boss received a weird email from her friend using Outlook Express 6. On the preview of OE6 you can read the message but when you double click the message to open it, the message got garbled and it is like converted to HTML codes. After that the …

I have relative links in a menu page of the form: [CODE]<li><a href="info.htm#part1">See Part 1 of the problem</a></li>[/CODE] In the target page, the anchor is made as follows: [CODE]<h1><a name="part1">Part 1 of the Problem</a></h1>[/CODE] Now, after upgrading to Firefox 4, I am getting a 405 error: URL /Part1.html not found. …

Hi All, I know that this question has been asked earlier but my hijackthis log did not contained the entries mentioned by previous members. I am facing the same problem, my taskbar changes color after around 15 min and sound gets disabled, I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware but there were no …

hey I'm new to unix and i've just downloades ubuntu , so can anyone give me a link to find all the commands can be used in the terminal to do things

When I attempt to repair my internet connection by right-clicking on the tray icon and selecting "Repair" I get the following error when the process reaches the DNS flush stage: [b]"Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed: Clearing the DNS cache For assistance, …

hi all, I'm woundering why mounting of floppy drive takes lot of time in 2.6 when compard to 2.4 kernel? can antone please explain.or did i made any mistake in mounting. For mounting i gave #mount sourcedir destnationdir Thanks in advance.

i have just downloaded sql server 2008 from the microsoft download center. when i try to install it at extraction it says its not a valid win 32 apllication. what could be the problem?

Whenever I try to run "cmd.exe", I get this error.... "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.com C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications." Anyone know what this is about and how to fix it? Thanks

I'm trying to load a disk onto my computer and when I try to run it, I get an error message that says I'm missing file d3drm.dll. I've done google searches and found someone who recommended I try running it on XP but that didn't work. So another person suggested …

Help I have been given a friends pc to look at and windows will not start on the boot screen there are 5 options (see attached) but you cannot choose. I can boot from a windows cd and get recovery console. I have run CHKDSK, FIXMBR & FIXBOOT all withot …

Hi people, my mobo has 2 regular PCI slots and 1 PCIe x16 slot. I'm looking at a tv tuner that says system requirements are PCIe x1 or PCIe x8. Will this still work on my mobo or Do I have to buy a card that specificaly says either PCI …

Hi, I don't have much time left when I think my computer got infected and I'm afraid of turning off my computer now... I was online for some time until I got a shutdown coundown box that will shutdown my computer automaically after 1 minute but I managed to stop …

Hey...guys while downloading one of the files I got a whopping 100 seeds.... and a sucking 20kbps download speed! I am very new to the world of torrents...in fact only began yesterday. So, I do not have much idea about torrents. I have a few questions. Firstly, the rate at …

Hey, I just recently got rid of everything gnome, cause I decided I don't like it anymore, and I'm happily using Compiz standalone for my WM. What I want to know is, how hard would it be to create my own utilities (battery monitor, volume mixer and other little things …

our arm9 board kernel os version is just able to support 2.6.13 or below. and we fail to update the new kernel os version. So we decide to find a arm-linux-gcc version that fit the kernel os version. Anyone knows which arm-linux-gcc version fit? we tried arm-linux-gcc 4.4.3 and 4.3.2. …

Hello! My HDD has multiple 'First allocation unit is in valid' (all windows prefech files *.pf) errors when using chkdsk. the file system is FAT32 it is a fairly new 20GB HDD? This same problem happened to my first drive after a power outage... (It was a NTFS then I …

I got me a new used computer from a neighbor in trade, I formatted and put win xp home on it. After getting all my basic setup done, I went in to bios and set all my security like I always do with any of my CPU's. After doing the …

Hi all, I guess this is old tech but I'd still appreciate any answer... Can anyone tell me which is the best GFX card between the following... A NVidia GeForce 6600GT 128MB DDR2 v an NVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB DDR3. I've tried Googling this question but cant find any satisfactory …

We run Exchange 2003 e-mail system, and need to be able to store e-mails for a period of 3 years. However, the system needs to store all e-mails that are sent or received without allowing users to be able to delete them (from the server). Right now, if a user …

Dear Sir/Madam, I have a small programe created in VB 6.0 and database MS Access. Where user can insert their only name & address and can retrieve the existing records. Just for test, I have kept this programe (.exe file and database file) in the share document of a computer …

i use windows vista home premium,the problem is that i cant open windows media player,it dosent want to open at all,first time happen...thank you.......

I have two friends whose computers run like paint drying! And their internet connects are dodgy. They are both cursed with Windows 7 On my XP computer I have Prevex 3.05.220 Teamviewer 177152237 Is it possible for me to copy (which files of?) Prevex and Teamviewer onto a thumb drive …

In trying to keep Win XP running as long as possible I've used various software programs including Rocketdock, which I think is brilliant. It runs very smoothly and I have it set to run at startup. Normally there is no problem, but every so often I find it missing after …

Hi Friend I am having Toshiba Laptop Satellite Pro L550D model with PSLXTE serial, I have formatted the system and i installed windows 7 home premium, but my USB drive is not getting detected, I’ve checked my bios it shows USB driver is Enable. But I don’t have driver CD …

hi all, i m trying with DOS commands. the command 'msg' works very well in windows xp. but when i tried the same in windows 7 home basic, it gives an error. can anybody please tell me why does this happens? is there any alternative command for it? or how …

hi, can anyone please tell me the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit machines?

i have a hp pavilion zv6000 lab top and in device manager it says it shows a yellow exclamation mark for the multimedia audio drivers. can not locate the specific driver needed to fix this issue.

Hi there I was trying to copy an ISO image with Nero but when I insert the cd I want to burn the image to and start the burning process it stops straight after saying "writing short lead out" and then "burn process failed at 8x (11.08kb)". Could anybody tell …

greetings to all and thanks for taking the time to read this... ill get down to the point - whenever i go into my documents or any folder non-internet related, it immediately stops working and needs to shut down... i have a problem report up right now on Vista which …

HELP ME! So my dad's compaq lappy died and he bought another one from his neighbor for $100. Turns out that thing is so bogged down with nasties it's not even remotely funny. I d/l'd MBAM and tried to update. ERROR 12092, can't update last database was 12/20/2010 so I …

Hi, I recently got a message on my computer (Windows Vista Home Premium) from Windows defender, stating that I have harmful or unwanted software on my laptop. I click remove, windows defender says "successful", but this same pop-up comes back when I reboot and while my laptop is on. I …

Hi people, I am a C4 Quadriplegic I use WiViK 3.1 desktop keyboard with word prediction called wordQ but I keep getting the same error. I have reinstalled it many times, I have up to date antivirus and spyware. [URL="http://www.wivik.com/description.html"]http://www.wivik.com/description.html[/URL] I host and design websites but know nothing about C++ …

I have lost my favorites menu in ie8 and can't seem to find it. When I try to add aomething to my favorites that was there, it tell me the file is already there, and will ask if I want to over write it. My OS is windows7pro. I have …

In Dos there was this file you can change that would change your starting directory when you start your computer. So I wonder is there such a file in Windows, because I am learning assembly programming and I want all my files to be in 1 place. Right now my …

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Hi I am running xp on both my laptop & pc, whilst my daughter runs a macbook but even when there is nothing running in the house I have to keep rebooting the cable box & the d-link router at least 5 or 6 times a night, sometimes more when …

One of our salespeople routinely receives e-mail messages from a certain customer, but cannot reply or send new messages to this address. We use Exchange 2003, and I see the messages he sends or replies to just sit in the queue until they eventually time out and a NDR is …

Hey, Ever since doing a windows update daily i have been getting a BSOD sometimes up to 6 times per day. I have searched the internet and used dell diagnostics on boot too fix this problem. However so far today i have not had a bsod i think this is …