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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has PoE (power over Ethernet) in their house? I am fed up with the reliability of WiFi in my house. I have gone through 3 routers and 5 PCI cards and have regular disconnections and average speeds of only 18Mbps. Our ISP is currently …

Hi, I was hoping to set up a small LAN in my house. Currently I have a Netgear WGR614v6 wireless router. It connects to the cable modem and then the downstairs PC connects via Ethernet to it. I also have my upstairs PC connected via wireless. The Netgear dishes out …

Hi guys. I'm having some trouble trying to install a BCM94318MPG (Broadcom) Wireless LAN card on an Acer Aspire L310 desktop computer running on Windows XP. I've tried several downloaded driver files from the web and had no luck. I've also looked for the driver as 4318 and 4318E, but …

hi! All I have the problem with Watson postmortem and windows explorer problem. Nearly for every 10 or 20 min it displaying the message "Windows has encountered a problem and need to close", and then Dr Watson postmortem problem error, and then hangs up the system. I am wondering what …

I accidentally installed a software but it contains trojan. However, i have KIS 2009 which detected but was unable to remove it. Also it seems that the RECYCLER folder is created in each disk partition and whenever i delete it, the folder still exists as it is regenerated. Any solution …

[B]Whenever i try to access a Drive (Physical Partition) by doubleclicking it i can't open it...It asks me a program using which i should open it..the only other option i have is to right-click and explore which gets quite irritating...please help[/B]

Hi All How to enable the 'recent' command in XP. In some system, when I type 'recent' in the run, it displays a window with all recent documents shortcuts. I some system its working and in some system it is not working. The error thrown states [COLOR="Red"]"Windows cannot find 'recent'. …

Hi, IE explorer ads pop-up while running firefox. As suggested in some messages on this website, I downloaded and ran HiJAckthis. I am urgently in need of someone to help me with interpreting the log file. Your help is very much appreciated. Let me know how I should progress. Here …

I have a simple program that I am having trouble debugging. It contains two different problems. 1. If I run a MessageBox in this program after the program is up and running, the program crashes. I have to call the Task Manager to shut down the program. 2. SetTimer will …

All of my browsers (firefox, IE8, Flock) go only to strangeUSA . com the address bar displays google or daniweb for example but the page displays strangeUSA dot com. HijackTHIS shows nothing at all strange. Spybot shows nothing (newest one) Nor malwarebytes Have reset my winsock and ip configuration using …

Hi For some very strange reason the folders Volume System Information and RECYCLER have appeared on both my two external hard drives. They look shaded so I guess they are hidden files. Before I go to the extent of bothering you with my logs can someone tell me if its …

I am getting fake windows security alerts on my taskbar saying that my computer isn't protected because firewall is not turned on. When I did a hijackthis scan, I started to get a lot of pop ups, one after the other. Please help! Here is the hijack this log: Logfile …

I have just built the pc this weekend AMD Phenom II x4 940 cpu 4gb corsair ram MSI DKA790GX Platinum mbd with on-board ATI Radeon 3300 graphics Saphire Radeon HD4870 gpu Antec 650w modular psu Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO PWM Fan 1tb samsung hard drive - new 250gb maxtor …

I just installed a new PSU on a working system. The new PSU has more power than the one I replaced (550 W vs 520 W). When I close the circuit to the PSU, the green LED on the Motherboard lights up. When I hit the power on button, it …

I'm new here.. I have a 2yr old Sony Vaio VGN-TX17GP bought in KL, upgraded to 1GB RAM. It had windows XP. I downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 & erased windows XP. After unsatisfactory results with Ubuntu, as the sound was gone, the F3, F4 function keys did not work & Ubuntu …

Hi I am not sure if I have posted in the right forum but I hope you can help. For the last few days I have been having issues with my PC shutting itself down whilst Im using it. I originally thought it might be the graphics card as it …

I am new to this so please be patient. I cannot opn the Control panel, it give me an error message and wants to send a reort to microsoft, it has only strated this in the last hour or soo. Please can someone help me Cheers itunsavvy (johnboyh)

I've just bought an external monitor for my laptop and use an external mouse and keyboard but because of problems which may be unrelated I'm wondering whether it is okay to have the laptop closed while it is operating? It takes up much less space that way when I don't …

I decided to have a second hard drive/disk to my PC. In the process my purposely formated my original hard disk which was running WIN98 for sometime. My new hard disk is installed with WINDOWS 2000 professional. I have configured my new hard disk has the primary and the old …

Hello, you guys have been helpful in the past and I have decided to come back with a new issue :) My internet seems to cut in and out sometimesevery ten minutes or even up to every hour. I am using a motorola modem and a Linksys WRT54G router. I …

Hi Guys, I have a Dell Latitude D630 and the SATA HDD crashed. I accidently purchased an ATA/IDE HDD as a replacement (cannot be exchanged - dodgy dealer!). Is it possible to fit this into the D630. I am aware the the D630 ATG has a SATA/IDE storage controller but …

for d past 2 days i hav been getting this pop up box of bit defender saying that it has quaratined the file which has a huuge name and .sys extension but it is popping up every second and shows that the same file is being quanrantined again and again. …

I want to format my Dell and I was reading articles on how to go about formatting a computer but I was wondering if I could just do a quick CTRL + F11 and would that be the same thing? I know this is probably the best place to find …

hi i have recently been having problems with my pc, there has been an error its a generic host error:!: the error has caused me alot of stress it happens randomly when connected to the internet for aroun 20 mins the error comes up then i have no access to …

Today I was copying a file from my laptop onto my USB external hard drive when the transfer froze and I had to cancel it. The file is still intact on my laptop but the unfinished copy created on my external hard drive does not seem to want to be …

Hello all, Thanks in advance for any and all help. About 3 days ago, this annoying piece of crap made its way onto my computer -- it pops up every 5 minutes or so with a balloon message, or pops up a "Windows Security Center Alert" that looks nothing like …

Hi to everyone. I had some problems after changing my motherboard processor. My motherboard was a S-series Gigabyte GA-m57SLI-S4 rev2.0 and the processor amd AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000. I bought a Phenom 2 940 to change the current one but i didn't check the motherboard support list and i …

Good morning!! Hope all are well. Please please please can someone help me. Not familiar with Pc's. I have a Compaq laptop and if shut down a while ago. Last week i took it to a shop to be fixed. They had fixed it and reinstalled more memory, nortons and …

Well it's either this, or the domain name has been removed from the routing table. Or my Firefox is just being very biased about my browsing experience!:) Go on, [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/"]try it out now[/URL] (note depending on when you're reading this, it might have come back up and so it'll just …

Hi, Thanks for anyone that wants to help. I read a few threads about this reoccuring issue & i believe i have the same sort of problem. I ran hijackthis, followed the same intruction & deleted the files from HD but they seem to almost always appear again on next …

hello all i´m nowhere near a coputer wiz, so please bear with me. i got a hp 6734s laptop. love it. but, as of yesterday the media player, the entire laptops sound and mic do not work anymore. all volumes are on a high, i tried it with headphones too. …

I have now put Kaspersky internet security 2009 on my puter and it seems to be ok . Question is , will it be alright to delete the additional support still on , Malwarebytes Anti-Malware , SuperAntiSpyware free edition and SpywareBlaster ? Any advice appreciated .

my computer is using NOD32 and i kept getting Win32.virtumonde.NEO application warnings.. saying it got removed to quartertine but im not getting any popups or anything. here's my hijackthis log please help me :/ Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:42:04 PM, on 4/28/2009 Platform: Windows XP …

Every now and then Vista comes up with a "Program Compatability Assistant" popup window (see image) when you want to run a .exe file. If you make the mistake, like I did, and agree with the Administrator option, then from hence foreward everytime you want to run this particular executable …

My computer won't let me name any files! I can name folders, but only once when I create it. If I try to rename a file it will say "If you change file name extension, the file may become unusable." I have some Japanese songs I want to change into …

I have an Advent 5431 and inserted a Buddy Holly DVD which will not play, will not eject manually nor when "instructed" by the computer. Any ideas of how I can get it out without using a can opener? Dave (dranoel2009)

guys do you know what is the difference between accesing a shared folder creating a network place and accessing them creating a network drive? which one is more beneficial when, what is the advantages or disadvantages choosing one over the other?

By accident I discovered an item entered in my History when I open Opera browser when the browser history has been cleared. I clear history, cookies, personal data, etc., check to make sure they are clear, and close the browsers. I reopen Opera and find the item there in History. …

Hi, I've just had to reinstall Windows XP (again). It all went well but under Documents and Settings I can see the previous user accounts. Is there some way I can bring them back to life? I copied all of the files from one of them to a new account …

Hi! Greetings from abroad - I apologize for the poor English ... My (son's) computer can't access the internet ... I have deactivated all IE all-on programs and also used the MS guides in Vista, but it still doesn't work I have upgraded from IE 7 to IE 8 with …

Can someone please help. My daughter has a brand new hp netbook. Only 4 months old. When she turns it on now we get "lsass.exe - Application Error", and the text in the message box reads "The Application Failed to Initialize Properly (0Xc0000005) " We are left with a blue …

I cant log into msn it just comes up with an error report when i try to... I have an older version of msn on my computer and i cannot log in with that either... Please help Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:44:58 AM, on 24/04/2009 …

I can't seem to get rid of them. They first showed up on nod32. Then spybot, then maleware bytes. etc. I would remove restart. Everything would be fine for a day. Then bam there back. Performance wise luckily everything has been fairly normal. With the main issues being when I …

hi, first of all i would like to sorry if i sound a little off topic because i'm new to this problem that i'm having. Yesterday, i've uninstall my vista and put in window XP Pro. The network works fine when i had my vista until it's converted to XP, …

When playing music on my PC, either on the CD, WAV, or MP3 they play too fast! The system is Win 2000 v5 SP3. Does anyone know if it is possible to reduce the playback speed??

Hello Friends, I am a new member of this community & I need your help in selecting Graphics Card for my PC. My PC Configuration is as follows, .................................................................... [B]- Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 – 2.2 Ghz - Intel Original - 945 GCNL Board - 1 GB DDR-2 RAM …

Hi, I have a portal with the domain name [url]www.eservicebazaar.com[/url]. This used to work well till recently I had a virus attack. After re-installing windows, I am not able to ping to my domain remotely. Also [url]www.eservicebazaar.com[/url] url gives me a not authorized error. However the exact url [url]www.eservicebazaar.com/AtYourService/index.html[/url] works …

In CD writing is done from innerside to outer side.. how is data written into hard disk?

Infected with trojan/rustok-n. Can't update Spybot Search and Destroy, can't update AVG anti-virus, can't run SpyDoctor. Don't know what to do.

Hi all, I have written a code in DOS. The program is to find a file in a location and print "File exists" if it is present. Assume a file named test.txt exists in location D:\ In my sys I have enabled the option in xp-explorer "Tools->Folderoptions->View->Hide extension for known …