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Hi all My laptop running with xp pro updated to service pack 3 decided to loop when start-up. In other words, it just keep on rebooting, up to the windows screen, and then restarts. I managed to get into safemode, and performed a chkdsk c:/r and many bad sectors and …

hello i am havinf some problems, which a critical warning message about my hard drive being full or something and really has resticted my computer in normal mode, wont let me open hardly any softwares etc. i have runned hijackthis and got a logfile, i need to know which files …

How do you get rid of "mdnsNSP.dll" and "mDNSResponder.exe"?

I've run into an Outlook problem in Windows. It is downloading 2 each of all emails, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what the problem is. Microsoft did an update and manage to screw it up a bit; got that worked out and then the double …

Hi I switched on my dell computer this morning but the power button stays orange and i cant boot up. The drive is running so are the fans but nothing happens. I dont know if its stuck in sleep mode or hibernation, but i just cant boot up. Anyone any …

hi i keep getting a critical system error warning pop up from my toolbar and i have no idea of how to remove it here is my hijackthis scan Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 00:26:04, on 17/12/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 …

After startup, the processes mstask.exe, system.exe, hql.exe, nvmqi.exe and faxshellm.exe initially take 99% CPU time, after a few minutes faxshellm.exe alone takes 99% and keeps doing so until stopped. About nvmqi.exe and faxshellm.exe there seems to be no info on the web. Is malware involved?

Just while waiting for a newly ordered computer, my current workhorse became nearly useless. Drag, drop, copy, move (Win 2000) stopped working. Some 5 year old postings on the web offered guesses rather than solutions, and the Microsoft suggestion regarding dcomcnfg has no effect. Any other suggestions that might work?

Hi, Steps below works fine if I have only one folder(site) in /var/www/http/ but when I add another (folder)site into /var/www/http/ and repeat same steps just by changing the name of the (folder)site, it retrieves the previous site even if I enter the second one. e.g. myhost1.com and myhost2.com display …

Hi, Like everyone, I access my apache server by typing [url]http://localhost[/url] or [url]http://127.0.0.1[/url] but what I want is that I want to access it from outside by typing a domain name like [url]http://my.domain.com[/url] I've added my current IP information for you. This is what I need. I'll be much appreciated …

In a strange turn of events my browsers (neither IE nor Firefox) cannot connect to the Internet on my laptop. It is a hard wire connection to the router and is able to connect to other computers on my home network and access external servers thru Remote Desktop Connection. Also …

Hi, I,ve been trying to upgrade the BIOS - because my m/c keeps hanging, fail to start, even froze when reinstalling XP on to formatted drive. I went to the m/b site and found the latest download for the bios. When I run it eventually I get a message "The …

I have only just started using this feature. I have my monitor set to turn off after 5 minutes. After boot up this works ok for a while but fo no apparent reason stops. Going to Control Panel the setting is correct. I 'reset' and applying the 5 minutes again …

i have developed a GPS proj. in solaris now i need to invoke this application at the time of operating system start up only. In which location i have to keep this application....

while looking through my computer I discovered that Vista has doubled all my photos, and put them in a hidden folder for each picture why is this happening and how do i stop it from happening again?

I partitioned my computer to have one 950 gb partition and one 50 gb partition. I'm trying to backup my computer to the 50 gb partition, but once it hits like 30 gb free hard drive space it says there is no more room for backup. I need to know …

I am getting the following error :Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system 32\advpack.dll whenever I try to install a new software. Getting error process creating. Checked the advpack.dll. But no relief. Anyone can help me on this issue. thanks

I have the Dell R17 i5 laptop and never in my life have I seen a pc with this much 'junk' on it....maybe I've been lucky. But I build my own desktops, and this Dell is a weird 'animal' my 17 inch HP laptop wasn't this bad. Doesn't anyone know …

My system is failing to remember my E-mail usernames & passwords. Also other things like the local weather sites cannot remember where I live no matter how many times I change them. Im running with all add-ons disabled. 1 of the add-ons is switching off IE. How can I re-instate …

Hi Guys, I have a toshiba L300D laptop, and a couple of days ago the harddrive just gave up, i knew it had a large amount of bad sectors so luckily had all the necessary data backed up. However, i have decided that having to replace the harddrive gives me …

change registry key to 0 instead 272 look like solve my problem but the problem appear again on the next boot, so i have to change DeskHtmlVersion key again again and again everytime my computer run. So i created small program to set DeskHtmlVersion to Zero Decimal and you must …

OK, I feel a little dumb asking this question, but networking is not my strong point. At work, I have shortcuts on my desktop to files that live on the server here at work. I would like to be able to bring my computer home, boot it up and have …

Hi, I want to stop downloading while we uses the internet connetion form web site. But at the same we can access the mail.. Girdhar

Hello, I have a hp compaq pressario x 1000 lap top, I had recently upgraded the ram from 512 to 1 gig. I also formatted and loaded xp pro on the laptop, I receive a sdfsdf error when attaching external drives to the laptop, the usb ports apparently are working …

With my Dell R17 i5 laptop and all the bloated junk on it I am wondering if I can do this.... I bought Windows 7 Home Premium that is on my desktop, is there anyway I can use the disk from that pack and format the laptop using it? Using …

Dear friends, My office have 10 computers and one server. We have two laptops. We have shifted our office recently. After that we are having problem in internet. The problem is, Google related URLs(gmail,google,google maps,..) are working properly. Other websites are not working. I can ping yahoo.com, but hotmail is …

i have run 2 nic cards in an assortment of computers. the reason is that the server is unix based & the router modem for the web only has a command base interface for router settings. so we decided that the second nic card will be used for a p2p …

I need to reinstall Java RE but when I try to uninstall it does not show in the Control Panel. I have downloaded the latest version and when I try to install it says there is a version already there 'would I like to reinstall'. The Windows Installer pops up …

My fujitsu monitor seems dead. No power light but power at end of cable. Have tried monitor on another PC as well but no power light. Is there an internal fuse and if so how do I open the monitor to access the electronics? Any advice would be appreciated. Many …

Hi there. On my home computer, I have a folder with all my IT homework in it. At school, I have another IT folder for all of my lesson work. Is it possible to sync the documents between these two folder into one folder with everything? So if I save …

Hi guys, I've setup vsFTPd server and it works fine. However, I need to restrict local users to their own folders. Currently, anyone who loges in vsFTPd server can navigate through all the folders. e.g. User: myuser Directory: /var/www/http/folder-for-myuser In this case, myuser should only see this folder, no other …

hi everyone i'm new to unix/linux . almost know nothing about it , but i wants to learn about it . so how can i get it on my pc . now i use windows xp

I have an IBM Thinkpad Laptop (T22) that was giving to me, because my friend no longer uses it - he forgot the password. In order to recover the password I used Offline NT password recovery (tried OPHCRACK it did not work), which does not recover the password but allows …

i was installed adobe photoshop in my lab but when i'm opening tat error message displayed like user registration failed. then i was delete it without uninstalling. next what i have to do. whether it may occupy the space or not. i want to delete whole history. anybody please tell …

Hi First i'd like to thank you for your time and effort in maintaining such an organized page. I know you are all volunteers so i appreciate your help. On to business then. My only problem is that sometimes when i click on a link say in google search, i'm …

Hi guys, I bought SONY VAIO vpcs13v9e to use as a Linux laptop but I cannot install Fedora 14 or Ubuntu 10.10. I get full black screen. I don't know what to do. My machine has Win 7 64bit on it. Wubi didn't work for 32 and 64 iso files. …

I downloaded Office 2010 Pro but when I try to start Outlook, it looks for a path that does not exist on my new computer. All other Office programs work well. Can someone advise me how I can reset a correct path?

We have an COM Class (ActiveX exe) VB6 program that is in the Registry dozens if not hundreds of times to basically the same paths. 1. Our development compile output path and 2. the true target path in c:\Program Files (x86) where it should be. (There are many for each) …

Can anyone knows where to get drivers for the following scanner: [B]Umax Astra 3600[/B] Needed for Windows XP SP2

Hello, I'd appreciate any help I could get on the current problem I am having with my computer. The problem seems a little complex to me, so I will try to explain as best as I can and with as much details to help you guys understand the issue better. …

Hello, I work for a college newspaper as a "sys admin" of sorts. Really I am just the webmaster, but I have inherited the other title by default. In our office, we have about 9 iMacs running OSx (at least osx Im sure). I have about 10 users that I …

I just finished building a htpc, everything is new. I loaded Win XP and then the mobo disc, thats it so far. Now during the XP set up windows apparrently recognized the 1394 on my new mobo (gigabyte ga-ma785gm-us2h) and when I was prompted with options for this connection there …

Hello, I am oblivious on what cables are to be used on the serial and fast ethernet interfaces on a cisco 2811. I need to know what types of available cables with their respective link speeds are available for my configuration of an ospf routing protocol. I just usually configure …

Hi all, I've read a previous thread on this... but I've tried everything that was on the thread, but I've still got the problem. Basically, the problem is that IE just opens up on its own all the time. But I don't ever use IE. I'm an avid Firefox user. …

hello can you help me please, my dvd-rom in my computer disappeared...when i look at in the device manager my dvd-rom is in yellow color.and my audio also was yellow..i am just uninstalling one program called cyberlink youcam when i restarted my pc my dvd-rom was gone in my computer …

When I loaded Windows I alowed the internet connection protocol to go to the 1394 port thinking "ok, cant hurt if it only makes it a usable connection source if it was ever needed, but noooo, now it's the only connection I show and now I don't know how to …

How can i relate a source file in a gdb command... Provided that i have two files: test.c test(executable) How?thx for answering

as the title. how to learn vi, bash, and i just cannot open vim. and ... what is ex in vi.

Hi, I'm trying to get a new computer but even the computer techi is stuck on this one. The basic situation is I'm buying a custom built computer and I need to find an appropriate motherboard. The thing that makes this request different is that the motherboard needs to be …

I am supporting application and sometimes I have to remotely shutdown users pc and I know there is a dos script file when execute will prompt user saying "your computer will be shut down in 2 minutes, please save all the work". Could any one please help. Thank you.