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Solve : Norton vs. AVG? |
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Answer» Yes,I'm back.lol..I'm just happy to finally find a place that is actually active,and full of really smart computer GURU's. Ok....question: Running Windows 7.I downloaded the Norton that came bundled with my new computer,and eventually it's gona RUN out of the free trial.Well,the thing is...I went out once(on my old computer)and bought Norton for my anti-virus/firewall,and wound up having so many problems with that I had to UNINSTALL it.Then I put AVG back on,the free one,and didn't have any problems at all with that. Should I keep Norton when it RUNS out of the free trial,or change back to AVG which seemed to work fine on my other computer.Just curious,because I don't want to have to eventually go back through the same problems I had before with Norton.Any tips would be appreciated. ThanksUse whatever you are happy with as long as it's always resident and the definitions are always current.thanks.. ;-{ |
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Solve : NET Frame problems? |
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Answer» I had to re-install Windows XP Pro on my Dell machine and while attempting to restore my programs, from a Windows Backup File on an external hard drive, I find that several come up with the same error message: Please set registry key HKLM\software\microsoft\.NET Framework\install root to point to the .NET Framework install location Thank you for the help. I tried this fix to no avail..... I cannot get the .NET Frameworks to install. They download but then get almost to the end of install and get a error 25007 that the Load Fusion with the Load Library has a problem. One fix for error code 25007 is Rename mscoree.dll in %windir%\system32 and try to install the framework Look in your registry. If you had a previous version of the framework installed (beta 1, beta 2, etc), see if this key exists: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\policy\v2.0 Name: 50727 Data: 50727-50727 If you don't have that key, delete the keys that are there and try to install the framework. Quote from: chrnel on February 26, 2010, 02:40:47 PM Will installing a new copy of Windows 7 take care of this problem??? I would say soThanks normz. I will see if I can get this to work..... I was getting the error that the install was looking for the HKLM file (see first post).... the only NET Framework I have installed right now is v. 1.1. Quote from: chrnel on February 25, 2010, 12:26:01 PM I had to re-install Windows XP Pro on my Dell machine and while attempting to restore my programs, from a Windows Backup File on an external hard drive, This is your problem. Do you have the original installation media(like the CDs) for these programs? Did you happen to make an image of the drive before wiping it out?I do have the Dell Windows XP reinstall disc...... I did not make an image of the DISK before the reinstall.... I did the windows backup operation. I have tried all these fixes and still no luck. Should I get a copy of Windows 7 and start fresh??Thanks to all who helped...... Found that the re-install disc I have is bad. Borrowed a disc from a friend and EVERYTHING installed just fine. Thank you again!!!! I will be making an image of the drive and doing all the backups I should have!!!! |
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Solve : WINDOWS XP IS SLOW SLOW? |
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Answer» I have a windows xp. When i turn it on it is alright. but when i click on internet it take about 15 min to 20 min before my home page come up. If your computer is running well, and you only have problems with internet speed, slow internet connections can be based on 5 factors:think you john the computer is a use one. i am just trying to get right a little Allen do no i don't have not money so i have to work with the one i have john you ask about the time period HOUSTON TEXAS what time period. |
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Solve : c:\windows\drivers\intel\graphics? |
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Answer» I have a pop up it say. I have a pop up it say.Quote from: MARYBOO on February 09, 2010, 09:25:53 AM I have a pop up it say.MY COMPUTER IS A WINDOWS XPQuote MY COMPUTER IS A WINDOWS XP Well so is mine! But I had to search your computer to find that directory. Took awhile. The missing file in found here: http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/IEGD/ You will have to read that over. I have other things I have to do now.Quote from: evilfantasy on February 09, 2010, 05:15:00 PM You can PRINT Google Calendars. Add your events or whatever for the month and prrrint it out.What?Quote from: evilfantasy on February 09, 2010, 05:29:21 PM Wow. Too many tabs open...I guess so...Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 09, 2010, 02:55:11 PM MARYBOO, Drives 20.01 GIGABYTES Usable Hard Drive Capacity 11.38 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space do you think this is it ATAPI CD-R/RW 32X10 [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] WDC WD200EB-11BHF0 [Hard drive] (20.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA6K5327294, rev 15.15M15, SMART Status: Healthy IP Device Type Device Details Device Roles 10.0.0.1 Router Netgear / Residential Gateway DHCP Server, Gateway, Domain Name Server, Web Server 10.0.0.2 Windows XP Workstation User-4eab708eec (in WORKGROUP) Browse Master Other Devices Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Compatible Mouse USB Root HubQuote from: MARYBOO on February 17, 2010, 01:24:42 PM
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Solve : Logging into Windows for websurfing? |
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Answer» When logged into Windows, it's safer to websurf in a limited user account (rather than an administrator user account) because then if you do get infected by malware, the malware won't have administrator account privileges, and so has less ability to harm your computer. But what if you're logged into a limited user account (and not simultaneously logged into an administrator user account) but you're running any software (such as HideMyIP) with administrator privileges (because it won't run otherwise)? In that case, could malware take advantage of administrator level privileges in attacking your computer? Some users leave the real Administrator account with no password. Not a good idea. Snickers, aka MICROSOFT... for ages if you setup a new computer and created the admin account with a different name (like your name) other than Admin, it would still create the default Admin account but without a password and not even telling you. A big backdoor for your computer! (funny but going a bit off subject here)a Limited User Account such as the default account settings provided by both Vista and Windows 7 is the single most effective malware prevention method, with no exceptions. No number of Anti-Virus PROGRAMS can protect you in the same way that not running as administrator can. Both combined are nearly inpenetrable to the educated user. First, the reason it is so effective is simple- the method by which 99.9% of all malware get's onto the host machine is via a trojan of some form. Traditionally this gains access to the PC via the browser or by piggybacking onto other software and they usually install themselves silently. However, in order to access the paths and registry locations required to properly "install" (infect) a PC, the process being run will need administrator privileges. Since traditionally Windows XP and earlier have defaulted to creating users with full administrator privileges, this has been a problem. Windows Vista, or namely, UAC, has changed this. (yes I know Linux had Graphical sudo, but Linux was hardly vulnerable to win32 PE executables anyway). UAC prevents this by executing processes using a privilege token that is the same as the user account with the administrator abilities stripped out. When administrator privileges are required, windows displays the UAC prompt, which requires an administrator password, and then creates the process using a Full privilege token. Now, the question here is wether having a process running as administrator poses a security risk. Well, that depends. In order to take advantage of a process being run in the administrator account, a malware process would need to get itself executing within that process. The general method of doing this is to do something called "process injection". And here's the catch. Process injection requires administrator privileges. So, that's out. That leaves things like security flaws in the program. For example, if you run a program as administrator, and that program reads scripts in a certain folder, then malware could place a script there that performs the installation required for the malware itself, and since the script is being run within a administrator allowed process this is allowed. Most programs that allow scripts to run automatically both allow this feature to be disabled and also have at least basic security that prevents this sort of thing, such as a warning when a new script file is added. In general, Running a process as an administrator does not "EXPOSE" you. Since, in most cases the malware would need to explicitly target the exact program and version you are running as admin, in addition to any number of other things that make it awkward or simply not worth the time to implement. Personally, I don't use an Antivirus. And I've seen first-hand that an AV solution is really more trouble then it's worth. This is more caused by a cahnge in user habits then by any inherent problem with the AV solution itself. Some people install an Anti-virus and consider themselves invincible. they are no longer careful opening attachments, or programs, because "their AV will protect them". the illusion of protection afforded by a traditional anti-virus solution is worse than no protection at all. An interesting read on this subject can be found here. The main point here is that while everybody dances around about how effective a particular AV is, they forget that the single, biggest security flaw is the user. ideally, being presented with a elevation dialog should make people think "hey, wait a minute, why does this greeting card from the IRS require admin privileges", but oftentimes people feel that the content that the E-mail, or file claims to posess and the fact that it might contain it is far more important at that time, and simply allow it to continue. Now they are infected. Maybe, if they have an Anti-virus it throws up a warning, but remember, this is from the IRS! and it said right in the e-mail, "this may set off your AV program. Please disable your anti-virus and run this program" so we know it's safe, right? Basically, my point is, protection is completely useless when you have a user that will willingly circumvent it. think of the antivirus as a sort of riot shield protecting the user. All a malware program has to do is convince them to poke their head out for a split second and *BLAM*- it's taken control.Quote from: Azzaboi on February 28, 2010, 07:15:11 PM Snickers, aka MICROSOFT... for ages if you setup a new computer and created the admin account with a different name (like your name) other than Admin, it would still create the default Admin account but without a password and not even telling you. A big backdoor for your computer! This was done for compatibility purposes. Stupid, I know. But since Windows is one of the most backward compatible operating systems, and considering it's popularity, it's pretty obvious that MS is protecting the backward compatibility stuff for a good reason. That's the only reason UAC took so long- they even had a somewhat working version in some of the early NT4 (or maybe w2k) beta's, but they took it out due to compatibility issues with some common software applications at the time.Quote a Limited User Account such as the default account settings provided by both Vista and Windows 7 is the single most effective malware prevention method, with no exceptions. I highly disagree with that (you guys disagree with me all the time, my turn, yay, yay, lol). I just previously pointed out two major holes in the Limited User Account and you will need to be Admin sooner or later anyways. Not using an anti-virus and trusting Microsoft security and it's built-in firewall is being blut and blind. I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 which has application control, registry control, plus anti-virus, trojan, scripting, phishing site detection, malicous tools, riskware, adware, spam protection, etc. Are you telling me a Limited User Account is protected over all that? It would tell me if there's a change in a file, registry, startup, etc. Quote Basically, my point is, protection is completely useless when you have a user that will willingly circumvent it. think of the antivirus as a sort of riot shield protecting the user. All a malware program has to do is convince them to poke their head out for a split second and *BLAM*- it's taken control. I agree with that thou, it's funny how an application says to disable your anti-virus while installing... what's the point if your not monitoring what's it up to.Quote from: Azzaboi on February 28, 2010, 07:46:43 PM I highly disagree with that (you guys disagree with me all the time, my turn, yay, yay, lol) http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/08/trojans-rootkits-and-the-culture-of-fear.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/07/the-dancing-bunnies-problem.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/the-windows-security-epidemic-dont-run-as-an-administrator.html AFAIK Jeff Atwood knows what he's talking about. Even if he does use C#. heh. Also of interest: http://chuvakin.blogspot.com/2007/04/answer-to-my-antivirus-mystery-question.html Which brings to the fore several interesting notes. Quote Not using an anti-virus and trusting Microsoft security and it's built-in firewall is being blut and blind.Yeah. Alright then. I have windows firewall disabled, No AV at all. In the last 7 or so years that I've been using PCs heavily I have had only a single infection. Well, I've only had a single infection that I count. I usually got something minor like Vundo or something every few months- I say got, because that was when I was using XP, and I was running under the admin account. Only takes a few minutes to clean manually. Most annoying part is the fact that I had to reboot. I haven't had a single infection since I started using Vista and Windows 7. When I discovered I had an infection, my first thought was to install an AV to clean it. Too bad the AV didn't recognize any threats at all. In fact, if I was any average user, I probably would have never even found out even if I had an AV installed; but if I had an AV installed I probably would have felt "safer" and not become suspicious and started process explorer. process Explorer revealed that not a single Executable could be verified against it's publisher. Then I grabbed my XP disk and found that not a single exe was the same size as the one on the disc; same story with DLLs. a quick search of my symptoms, the main one that tipped me off being that my HTML files were being hijacked when I edited them, and I found out I had the virut File Infector virus. I think I tried a few of the remover tools, but meh, it was a waste of time. So I just reformatted my C: drive and reinstalled XP; then I simply ran a quick command on my D: drive to remove any and all infections remaining: Code: [Select]for %A in (exe dll ocx) do for /f "tokens=*" %P in ('dir /s /b *.%A') do del %P there were a few other extensions I deleted, but I forget what they were. then I ran a MBAM scan to check for remnants and I was finished. I had to reinstall a few programs but I hardly consider that a loss. Quote Are you telling me a Limited User Account is protected over all that? No, not really. It would also require some common sense, But every single one of those features is easily replaced with due diligence. Kaspersky is one of the better commercial products though. But as far as I'm concerned Anti-Virus programs are designed for people that do not and probably have no desire to understand how an infection occurs. that's what it's for- it's automated. Quote application controlI have no idea what this does, so I don't know what an equivalent would be. Quote registry controlno program can access the important infection vectors of the registry without running with the appropriate privileges. since having UAC enabled means that this will show a UAC dialog, that should raise a bajillion red flags. Of course the real "prevention" here should have been not running whatever this program is in the first place. Quote trojan If somebody is even going so far as to trust that a file isn't a trojan enough to run it then the battle is already lost. putting yet another stop-gap measure such as this is just yet another dialog for the determined user to not read. After all- if UAC is enabled they already skipped that before the trojan ran at all. Quote scriptingThis doesn't even make sense. Client-Side scripts running in a browser would need to take advantage of flaws in the script interpreter to do anything remotely malicious, and script files like vbs, wsh, pl, py, and so forth should be associated with a text editor rather then their interpreter (in the extreme case, personally the only script files I usually run are the ones I write myself, and those I do download are only run after I read them to see what they do. That's why scripts are incredibly useless for delivery of viruses (and yes, I know about melissa and ILOVEYOU, I'll get to those in a moment), they are plain text. anybody can read them. "macro" viruses IMO opinion are not viruses but rather a public display of a evident security flaw in the program that is hosting them. Most E-mail viruses- who am I kidding - ALL e-mail viruses can only be deployed "automatically" by outlook. For example, early Script viruses such as ILoveYou took advantage of a feature that was designed to make things easier, which was that macros could be run the moment the file was downloaded from the server. basically what it did was use that event to send itself to everybody in it's address book. Nowadays, every single one of these unavoidable holes has been plugged by disabling macros until the user consents to enable them. Once you give the user the choice, it's their fault if they make the wrong one at the wrong time. (this is why the user in question needs to really know what they are doing). Quote phishing site detectionThis is not really a seperate "detection" they just wanted another checkmark. because the only way you can get to a phishing site is to either click a link in an E-mail that points to that URL, or by getting infected by a trojan. the diligent user knows how to detect a trojan, and it's really really really really easy. The answer? Don't download from an source you don't trust. Some people have accepted this idea that somehow a file can be infected while you download it, so you have to scan every file you download for trojans. That is pure BALONEY. If you download from a source you trust, such as the manufacturers site for a product, Then the product will be an untainted file. of course this doesn't quite cover the extreme case where the site was sabotaged my hackers and the download page changed, but As far as I'm concerned any company so lax on their security policy to allow something like this has about a million warning signs on their home page, the first indicator being the 20 or so contrived awards their products have won. Quote malicous tools Again, not a separate category. only way these can get on your PC is through a trojan. Additionally the detection of such things as keyloggers via hueristics is often laughably simple. Take the link the Karl Petersons MSDN article where he discovers McAffee's magical ability to detect keyloggers is as simple as seeing if the file contains the text "Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run", First off, this detection simply doesn't work at all if the application uses Unicode strings. Secondly, as Karl discovered, this entire thing can be worked around by reversing the string. How's that for security. Quote riskwareproper, basic research should be taken before download and trying any software product. Quote adwarepretty much the same as above, EXCEPT it's often delivered via trojans (also covered) Quote spam protection I have absolutely no idea what this is doing in a Security suite. Spam doesn't threaten anybody's security. This is just a feature they added for another checkmark on the box. Come to think of it, I'm surprised they haven't started including word processors and used that as an extra checkmark against their "competition" (I don't mean kaspersky, I mean the security companies in general). Quote It would tell me if there's a change in a file, registry, startup, etc. Every single one of those changes means that a program made that change. As far as I'm concerned, if you ever let a program get far enough so as to execute, you already failed Security 101. As "bulletproof" as these tools may seem there are always ways around them. As an example, let's look at the "startups" and how to avoid a AV program from detecting changes. First off, All AV programs detect changes in files and registry keys by hooking the registry and file functions; such as RegCreateKey,RegOpenKey,RegOpenKeyEx, etc etc. However, consider that the registry data is all stored as a file on disk. a program can easily open this file and change the data in the registry as it sees fit, and the AV program will be none the wiser. "but it can detect the file change!" Sure, but only if the "virus" uses the standard File Access Functions. There is more then one way to skin a cat. For example, I've seem plenty of AV programs that hook the CreateFile() Function, which is used for opening files. And yet, at the same time, they leave _lopen() completely unhooked. take a guess what functions hackers often use? of course, then the AV programs started hooking that function. So Virus writers started using the Native NT API to open and edit files, and since by this time they've already gotten Admin permissions, they may as well just install a driver (Oh wait! but guess what stops THAT from happening! Nope, it isn't the AV program, but the OPERATING SYSTEM, which requires all drivers be signed!) THIS is why AV programs are slow, they have to hook half a kazillion functions and perform a hueristical analysis on every single parameter to determine wether it's legit. Not to mention once again the fact that they often don't take into account the various unicode substitutes. for example, a registry key that has a name contain "th" might be monitored by the AV program (or more precisely, every single registry access scanned to make sure this key is untouched (I'm ignoring the direct file access route, for now). But here's the kicker- the "hacker" can easily pass in a unicode string using the combined "th" ligature character (same goes for other letter combinations, such as ae) and the same key is accessed, because Windows properly expands the ligature. (Actually, this can depend on the language). Now, there is still the additional issue that the AV has to monitor registry changes done by directly accessing the registry files on disk. There is not a Single Anti-virus on the market that does this. And for good reason. it's both impossible and would make things even slower. It would need to analyze every single possible combination, every single parameter. For example, it might use the FileSeek() and "ReadFile()" Functions to search for the position in the registry file to store the data to create the run key. This simply cannot be stopped. The only way to do that would be to either block on every single read/writefile that is performed on the registry files (which, in a strange coincidence, will break regedit) Or to stop on every single comparison that includes that text. And even then your adding even more and more legitimate programs being falsely flagged as doing something malicious. This reduces the users trust in the program, making them ever more likely to consider a program that is being flagged as being perfectly legit and allowing it to continue even in those extreme cases where it detects the changes. Sure, they could detect the changes via writeFile, as well, bu detecting them again but the virus could just as easily write out each character individually, or write out the key name starting from the end. Now one may be asking, "why assume they have admin permissions?" Well, that's quite simple. remember, UAC and limited user accounts are useless, and since they don't stop anything we may as well pretend the user let it run as an administrator (which as I stated is all the more likely, since they have an AV, right? they are invincible!) The BC programmer is right. So many computer users become complacent after they install an antivirus program that has a good reputation. The fact is that even the best antivirus programs can always stop about half of the possible kinds of attack that can occur. Fortunately, or maybe not, at any one time there are a number of virus attacks that are current and the antivirus programs concentrate on the current variations of the attacks. But it is just not possible for these programs to catch every possible attack that might come to your computer. The fundamental reason is this: the antivirus programs have a library or a database of historical attacks that been made before. Using this database they form models of what they think would be the current state of the attack. Or, to put it in plain language, they are guessing about the war game. In this war game the user never comes out a winner, the user is always in the defense and does not have a real offense. This all has to do with a fundamental way computers are designed and the way the Internet was designed. At one time it was thought to be a good idea to have the computers to be easy to modify and the Internet could deliver almost anything. Now looking back that seems like it was not such a good idea. But, on the other hand, if we put all sorts of filters and restraints on what you can do on the Internet, then it would be very difficult to come up with new innovative methods of communication. Some types of Internet communication actually require that you modify the browser, and possibly even part of the operating system, in order to produce a more pleasant web experience. This is not just my opinion, nor just what BC said. Most of the regular posters here on this forum will confirm the malware issue is much worse than what most people imagine. Something like 40% of the posts on this forum have the do with mall where issues.Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 01, 2010, 12:42:40 AM This is not just my opinion, nor just what BC said. Most of the regular posters here on this forum will confirm the malware issue is much worse than what most people imagine. Something like 40% of the posts on this forum have the do with mall where issues. heh, that's the opposite of my first link. (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/08/trojans-rootkits-and-the-culture-of-fear.html) |
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Solve : Message on black screen when laptop loads? |
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Answer» For Realtek rtl8139(x) /8130/810x Some more information would help.Like the MESSAGE for example...Quote from: Helpmeh on February 17, 2010, 04:54:29 PM Like the message for example...He posted the message. I'd like to know what led up to it.Quote from: Allan on February 17, 2010, 04:57:02 PM He posted the message. I'd like to know what led up to it.Sorry, I just glanced at it and thought it was some system information, speaking of which, that could be really useful right now. |
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Solve : No wireless networks found (PCMCIA card)? |
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Answer» I have an old Sony Vaio laptop, it does not have internal wireless card so I use a PCMCIA wireless card in it. I just installed windows XP Pro with SP2. The laptop came with XP Home before SP1. |
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Solve : windows xp 720 dial up error code? |
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Answer» I use the windows xp operating system on a dell DESKTOP computer, and have been unable to get online using dial up, because of this error code. I have been ABLE to research this error code, and have found solutions for vista, but nothing for xp. I understand this issue has to do with the modem becoming unbound (or something?), and I need to uninstall, and REINSTALL the modem or registry keys?? I tried to use the vista solution, but as I am not a techincal person, became lost, and STOPPED before I was able to compound the problem, so have not found a solution for this error code. Thanks for any advice, references, ETC. From Microsoft, scroll all the way down and click on "Fix it" |
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Solve : I cant boot up. Any help?? |
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Answer» Quote from: Allan on February 13, 2010, 07:42:57 AM Okay FINE. He goes to the RC. Then what would you have him do to fix his problem? Is that last link broken? I'll post it again http://tech.icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp/ BOOTCFG /Rebuild will fix a host of problems. However, not knowing the exact CAUSE of the problem you and I can only guess at the solution. It would be best if Avalon would post back with the stop screen error so that we can arrive at a sensible solution. Quote from: dahlarbear on February 12, 2010, 05:36:44 PM Maybe... Depends upon the underlying problem. Well after doing some research on this it is a stop error this is causing all the probs with this and if you call the MS Windows support line they have a message on there about this issue and are OFFERING to help people fix it this was the problem I have seen on the computers I have been fixing. and the reason the computer keep restarting or rebooting is that the auto restart on failure is on turn it off and you should get a blue screen with your stop error on it. just in CASE you don't believe me here is the MS number that i called 1-800-936-5700 ends up this was a system update for xp and vista computers that caused this the message will tell you more. thanks Cliff |
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Solve : MX word documents? |
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Answer» why is the title of a MS WORD DOCUMENT i save in blueBlue is the default color of compressed files.Blue is the color of my Redheads eyes...Quote from: patio on FEBRUARY 18, 2010, 10:20:33 AM Blue is the color of my Redheads eyes...Okay. Thanks for sharing.Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2010, 09:35:17 AM Blue is the default color of compressed files.He said NOTHING about compressed files. No, I did. Unless I misunderstood the question, a file seems to be appearing in blue text in Windows Explorer. I stated that blue is the default color of compressed files. That may or may not answer the question, but it is certainly an appropriate response. |
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Solve : Explorer.exe corrupted. Need Serious Help!? |
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Answer» I am about ready to go hang myself. I've had this PC for 4 years now and I'm not going to let it screw up worse than its condition is now. Other than a Repair install and or re-installing i think you are blaming Windows incorrectly... Thanks. EDIT: BTW; Everytime I try to go to My computer of Any drives it says they are like, IDK not there. I think something about it can't find local disk C. or any other drives. I got some super trojan or something here. DxDon't mean to bump, but I still need help here... My Explorer.exe is still corrupted, what should I do? Reinstall Windows Xp? Should I copy all my files to drive G:\ or when I reinstall the OS everything is still gonna be there? I really need some info/help here... What happened when you followed patio's advice and posted your logs in the malware forum?Quote from: Allan on February 25, 2010, 10:39:26 AM What happened when you followed patio's advice and posted your logs in the malware forum? I didn't post any logs yet... It's my Explorer.exe that's corrupted it seems, because when I try to open a folder or anything, it says its invalid. and my Quicklaunch bar is broke and so is the space for Windows Media Player bar. P.S: I'm not on my home computer right now, so I can't do the malware scanner thing. :/Quote from: patio on February 24, 2010, 07:51:25 PM Other than a Repair install and or re-installing i think you are blaming Windows incorrectly...I told you already that I'm not on my home computer at the moment. And i know of that post already. EDIT: Is there any advice you guys can give me while I'm on another computer so when I go back home I can try this on my home computer? Advice? Help? Should I reinstall? And will reinstalling the operating system delete my files and registry keys?You need to follow patio's link and follow the instructions.A re-install will wipe all data and apps you have installed since Day one... If you need an alternative then clik the link provided above...Quote from: patio on February 25, 2010, 04:03:14 PM A re-install will wipe all data and apps you have installed since Day one... Thanks for the info. BTW Solved my problem. My STUPID COMODO Firewall was the cause. It seemed to be messing with the system and denying Physical memory acccess from the Explorer. I also had a portion/cut/remake of the "blaster" worm. *blast* named file found in my system32 directory. I had to delete it via the other Hard Drive, Drive G:\. :/ No wonders here. Comodo is very strict of Behaviors done in the system. This makes no sense... Why would Comodo block Explorer ? ? Something's FISHY in Venice...I think he is still infected and in denial..... He will be back... Quote from: deargodpleasehelp on February 24, 2010, 07:40:06 PM
Why would anyone want to do that ? It seems to me to be deliberate sabotage, and could cause all sorts of problems. I have just Googled "terminate Explorer.exe" and the first result was http://forums.techarena.in/tips-tweaks/1074795.htm Second paragraph includes "Exiting the Explorer process cleanly allows user to shutdown Explorer without risking unpredictable erroneous consequences that normally may happen if user forcefully kill the Explorer.exe process using Task Manager or Process Explorer, or using taskkill command." Incidentally, re the request to post a temporary explorer.exe, WHY, I have 4 copies on my machine - 3 are current, plus an older one held in C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB938828\SP2QFE I would expect the O/Ps 4 year old P.C. to have the same redundant duplication. Alan Quote from: ALAN_BR on February 28, 2010, 10:12:47 AM Why would anyone want to do that ?Sometimes one can restart explorer in this fashion rather then really reboot to cause options that would require a reboot otherwise to come into effect. Also, if somebody is trying to debug certain add-ons you would need to terminate explorer before compiling a new one, but I highly doubt this is the case here. Quote Incidentally, re the request to post a temporary explorer.exe This is actually a common request. when an error dialog of this nature appears many people assume the file itself is corrupted. However, in this case the cause of the issue was a trojan/virus, which probably did something such as insert appINIT_DLLs into the registry. Note that when a "executable" crashes, it merely indicates what process crashed, not in what file the crash occured. a badly programmed DLL- (and bad programming practice is common and even encouraged in the underground community) will crash the process within which it runs if anything goes wrong. Generally an appINIT_DLL needs to take into account any number of threading models that a COM Server application such as Explorer may use; in this case it appears that one of the assumptions the program makes (probably DUE to the OS being different) causes the DLL to crash, and since DLL files are loaded In process with the executable and run in the same address space, the entire Program crashes. In fact, one might also assume that the "details" described by the fault dialog would indicate the "real" culprit as the cause, but this is usually not the case. For example, if a DLL tries to use an invalid pointer, which usually takes the route of passing an invalid memory address to an Windows function, that DLL function will crash, because, being a low-level Function it requires the fastest speed and can't spare time to VALIDATE it's arguments. Most of these sorts of crashes are pinpointed to ntdll.dll, which contains the Windows Native API that higher-level functions such as those in the more famous kernel32.dll, gdi32.dll, user32.dll, advapi32.dll, etc call into to perform their jobs. (in fact, some functions in these "higher level" dlls are merely exported symbols that forward directly to a routine in ntdll, the reason being that the function was moved to ntdll for some reason, but they left the symbol in it's old location for compatibility purposes. Such Forwarding is done by LoadLibrary, and the jump address is relocated to the address of the new function. This way there is no performance impact of an extra function call, which would be the case if the "compatibility routine" instead called into the new routine in ntdll.dll. |
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Solve : windows explorer needs to close? |
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Answer» Ok, ready to dump computer, although it has a lot of files on i want to save if possible This is because Command Prompt might not copy reliably to NTFS or other file system (tried before). Command prompt won't do CDs. I hope you get your data safely copied, unlike me. This is rubbish...Quote I don't think command prompt will work with USB drives. Neither will safe mode. So is this...Quote from: jammybob on February 28, 2010, 02:36:43 PM Unfortunately i tried attaching a revovable hard drive, but windows doesnt recognise any new hardware, so thats not an option what do you mean that windows "doesn't recognize" it? because it probably did get added but you got no sound. Remember that Explorer is used for both the desktop as well as all folder windows that you open. If you run it and it finds no previous instance running, it behaves as your shell. otherwise, it created a new explorer window. Quote from: Fleexy on February 28, 2010, 02:44:22 PM Better idea: copy C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe and C:\WINDOWS\dexplore.exe (if your computer has it) from another working Windows computer. It must be same version of Windows though. Document Explorer has nothing to do with windows explorer... additionally, this probably won't help- and in the CASE where it would help it would certainly have been because of a file infector virus, which MBAM would have found. One thing to try would be to try using New Task to start explorer- and see if it still crashes. When it does, copy the details here. (mainly the "module" where it crashed) |
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Solve : C:\ verses %systemdrive%? |
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Answer» I change a lot of programs over to stand alone programs. Which means I Change the c path in the program to systemdrive and excetra but sometimes it does not work. If the program needs to pull up a cmd prompt I get an error. Is there a way I can set it up to STOP this. I would like to stop this behavier and change all paths in my registry to variables..I'm not sure i'm clear on what your goals are here... Personally...i'd just install things to where you want them.Exactly!Right. The days of portable programs is largely over, though there are some simple programs which do not use the registry. Plus, after you jump through all those hoops to rewrite the registry entries, modern programs write to Documents and Settings as well, so you will not get many programs to be self-contained in their program folder. |
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Solve : windows XP soundcards? |
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Answer» Trouble getting soundA ... uh ... bit more INFO WOULD be helpful. Please describe the problem and your current hardware SPECS in more DETAIL. Are you now using onboard sound or an add-on card? |
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Solve : What's an 'Ideal' Refresh Rate as per 800X600 Resolution?? |
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Answer» Hello There! 75Hz We try to do what they do for Free...although there's probably some fairly sharp advisors over there it's no reason to advertise them here. Thanx.the "ideal" refresh rate for ANY resolution on a CRT monitor is the highest that the card and monitor can handle. For an LCD screen, 60Hz is usually fine. Its a Dell LCD Monitor.Not sure about its exact figure(Model No.), but it surely starts with X..something..something! How can I check out from within some screen upfront that what Graphic Card, Monitor..etc. have been there with my System? Another Relevant point:: No probs. with Ubuntu installed in another partition. Resolution::1024X768, Refresh Rate::60Hz.Text & everything else seems to be PERFECT! How can I resolve 'Window's' dilemma?Quote from: Saurabhdua on February 17, 2010, 04:49:07 AM Its a Dell LCD Monitor.Not sure about its exact figure(Model No.), but it surely starts with X..something..something! Install the correct Graphics card driver.Please check out the attachment that will reveal the exact Monitor & Display Card specifications....... [Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Your monitor's NATIVE resolution is 1440 x 900. Try that resolution and see how your text looks. It will be small but should be clear. With LCD monitors, native resolution usually yields the clearest text. I have that monitor and use the 1024 x 768 60Hz setting. You might try clicking on "advanced" in settings and change the DPI to see if a higher DPI setting is better for you. What part is too small? Desktop Icons, Internet browser pages,... ?It was initially running on a higher DPI rating, things were fine except that some parts of RED Color were getting 'Pixelated'(that intermixing, defying boundary). Moreover, it seems to be a CATCH 22 situation to me! Nevertheless, System is going 'Buttery' with 800X600 resolution(though I have to often make use of scroll bars now during web surfing!). I think that native resolution(1440X900) will tax my system a bit & will result in a sluggish experience overall..?!(Will surely try...posting through Ubuntu at the moment)Quote from: Saurabhdua on February 19, 2010, 07:40:00 AM I think that native resolution(1440X900) will tax my system a bit & will result in a sluggish experience overall..?!(Will surely try...posting through Ubuntu at the moment)If you find that native resolution(1440X900) doesn't work well, you might try this: ClearType TunerQuote from: BC_Programmer on February 17, 2010, 05:38:45 AM Install the correct Graphics card driver. |
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Solve : BSoD on Laptop after Windows splash screen? |
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Answer» I'm working on a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop running xp pro. I get a bsod (0x00000024 ... ) immediately after the windows splash screen. It then goes into an endless reboot. All I know is the problem started after printer software was installed and the system got a new hard drive about two weeks ago. So far, I've only tried to do a repair from the xp install disk but when I push the "r" to repair, I got the same bsod. 0x00000024: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEMThanks patio. Do you know a way I can run chkdsk when the os won't boot?Boot to an XP CD, choose the first repair option (which will take you to the Recovery Console) and run chkdsk /rThanks Allan. I've tried the repair from xp cd twice but the instant I press the "R" key, I get the bsod. 0x00000024 (0x ... string of characters here) ntsf.sys - ADDRESS F7220BEF base at F71BC000, datestamp 3ed6de5c1 I'm THINKIN I should try a clean install, any thoughts?Either that or you can remove the drive from the laptop and run the diagnostics thru either a USB or IDE adapter on a working Desktop machine... This also would give you the option to save any data that is needed before a wipe and clean install....Thanks again patio. I have yet to run diagnostics on a system. Can you give me the steps? If it's too involved, I understand.Not hard at all... Run the chkdsk /r that Allan mentioned... Then i'd recommend DLoading the diagnostics for that hard drive from the drive manuf. site... Follow the info on creating a bootable CD. Then run the LONG test...an hour or 2 Basically 2 important tests and you should be good to go. Even if it's a fairly new drive always KEEP in mind that drives fail... At that point you can make a better decision whether to do a Repair install or wipe everything and start fresh... As always...we'll be here...Thanks again friends...I created a boot cd (BartPE) and booted to it. As soon as it got beyond the windows splash screen, I got the 0x24 bsod again. I'm baffled because that should have BYPASSED the hdd altogether. Also, when I boot to the windows installation cd, I get the bsod as soon as I press the "R" for repair. Could this be a problem with the bios?Are you sure it booted to the CD ? ? Doesn't sound like it if you saw the Windows splash screen. I don't believe they are liscensed to use that. PS No...this is not a BIOS issue.Laptop works fine now ... not sure why still. I downloaded a ubuntu disc and booted from that and ran a memtest and hdd test neither of which showed any errors. Then, I booted the laptop from it's normal xp os, no bsod or other problems. ?Gremlins... |
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Solve : i can't access my laptop's d-drive? |
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Answer» recently i had to reload the os (win XP) and in the process i interrupted d-drive format from reaching completion (when i started erasing it instead of the default c-drive)..now on clicking the drive it says "disk not formatted" and does'nt take 'no' as the choice OPTION..i don't want to loose the stored data..Trust me if you formatted it by accident and interrupted it there is little or no data left... |
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Solve : Problem? same filename in multiple folders *I* didn't put them there? |
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Answer» There are two FILES which appear in multiple folders: |
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Solve : hotkeys for keyboard buttons?? |
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Answer» I have some scripts to change iTunes, LIKE fast forward REWIND play etc etc. I was WONDERING where I can access the mapping for my keyboard to have the buttons on my keyboard trigger these scripts. There is nothing like that in the keyboard menu inside the control PANEL, or am I just not seeing it?Welcome to the CH forums. |
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Solve : Upon installation of things, access is generally denied to part of the registry? |
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Answer» Recently I tried to install 2 different things: a game and AVG Free. The game installed fine, but when I patched it there was an error, something about not being able to create or delete a ( 1 ) registry key. Tried the game online and it worked fine, but still curious. More recently I tried to install AVG free, and this is exactly what it says every time: OS? Windows XP Media Center EditionAre you logged in as admin when you try to install the software? If so, follow the instructions in the following link for using the subinacl tool to change registry permissions: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspxQuote from: Allan on February 28, 2010, 08:41:50 AM Are you logged in as admin when you try to install the software? If so, follow the instructions in the following link for using the subinacl tool to change registry permissions: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx Alright, I read it and it looks like it may fix the problem, so thank you a lot for this. Though due to recent unrelated issues with my computer I'm extremely tentative about doing anything out of the ordinary to it. Based on what I know, this looks to be simple and relatively INCONSEQUENTIAL if something were to go WRONG, but I have to ASK: Is it? If I do everything properly should I be getting the sweaty palms while this is running?I've run it a dozen or more times on various systems and never had a problem. Having said that, anytime you make registry changes there is always the possibility of something going wrong. If I were you I'd use ERUNT to backup the registry and even better, I'd create an image of the drive. Then you can do whatever you like without fear of problems from which you can't recover.Quote from: Allan on February 28, 2010, 09:06:35 AM I've run it a dozen or more times on various systems and never had a problem. Having said that, anytime you make registry changes there is always the possibility of something going wrong. If I were you I'd use ERUNT to backup the registry and even better, I'd create an image of the drive. Then you can do whatever you like without fear of problems from which you can't recover. It fixed the AVG install issue. Game thing, not, so it may be unrelated. Thanks for the help (I clicked ty button :] ). |
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Solve : outlook email? |
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Answer» how do i get outlook email to automatically allow myob to send emails. EVERY time i TELL myob to send emails for all accounts paid outlook asks for permission for each email separately. also, outlook doesnt send the emails until i open it up myself. can it just automatically do it.You're assuming we know what myob is. If it's not MYOB accounting software, then please state what it is so that there's no confusion here, and state exactly what version you have. |
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Solve : will only open in safe mode!!!? |
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Answer» Hi everyone! I have quite a bit of a problemo with my computer. Also, the worst part is my computer has a Japanese OS, which means everything is in Japanese!! I can read a bit so I can navigate all right, but I can't understand any complicated messages. Wow! How did that happen? I would suggest just wiping it out and starting over. You say that your computer has a vista sticker on it so, do you have a vista disk?I'm living in Japan atm and I got the computer here. It makes trying to solve this problem heaps harder! I don't have a vista disk, just this win xp pro disk sp2 from my friend. But my computer info says that I am running win xp professional, so I thought it would work. Do you think I need a different disk? I have followed the boot with disk instructions, and everything seems to be going well but before windows can run it tells me I have a virus. It says, 'A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to the computer. -check for viruses -remove any newly installed hard-drives or hard-drive controllers -check hard-drive to make SURE it is properly configured and terminated -run CHKHSK/F to check for hard-drive corruption then restart.' I have run ccleaner, spybot and avg and since then my computer became normal speed again, but still only opens in safe mode and won't complete the boot from disk command. How do I go about checking for hard-drive corruption? Is there another way I can just wipe everything and start AFRESH? I have no files on this computer so I have nothing to lose ... ! 1. Virus Screen? a. Is this a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with a STOP Code display? b. Does it actually say you have a virus or just "check for viruses"? 2. Verify Operating System. To identify current operating system: Start -> right-click My_Computer -> Properties -> General tab. a. What does it say the operating system (and service pack level) is in the System subsection? (Or is it in Japanese?) b. Is there an "OEM" string in the "Product ID" of the "Registered to" subsection (second subsection)? 3. Product Key(s). a. Does anyone know if product keys are compatible across "language editions" of Windows XP? b. Do you know the "Product Key" of your current Windows XP installation? c. Do you have a legitimate "Product Key" that's compatible with that Windows XP Pro SP2 CD? 4. Restore/Recovery Partition. a. Do you know the history of the hard drive? How Windows XP got there? b. Is the original Vista restore/recovery partition (possibly "hidden") still on the hard drive? 5. Reference. a. Maintenance and Service GuideHi, thanks 4 yr reply! well, uh oh, it sounds like I've got a blue screen of death. It has a stop code STOP: 0x0000007B (0xxf78d2524, 0x0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) However, it only says that a problem has been detected, and to check for viruses - it doesn't actually say I have one. My operating system is ... Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 There is an OEM string ... ---------------------------- There is a product key on the sticker under my computer. It reads ... ========================================= There is also a sticker that says ... Probook 4510s s/n CNU9235JVY p/n ZY495AV The Windows XP Pro SP2 CD was copied from an American friend's computer a couple of years back - I'm not sure if it is compatible, but it seemed okay until the BSOD. My own recovery disk has gone awol. As for the history of the hard-drive, my computer was bought new about 8 months ago and everything was set up. The only thing I've done is add and use programs. How do I find the restore/recovery partition? Thanks for the Maintenance and Service Guide link. I will check it out now! Product Key removed...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103Thanks for the link! I've decided I might have a boot-sector virus so I will have to partition and format my hard-disk and reinstall Windows. It looks pretty complicated though, I think I need to find a recovery for DUMMIES book!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all your help ... I highly doubt it's a boot-sector virus...but Best of Luck on the rebuild...Really? I have no idea. Maybe a device driver is corrupted ... I wish it was in English! I think I'm gonna have to kiss good-bye to a few hard-earned dollars this week, ah well, c'est la vie! Boot sector viruses are EXTREMELY rare.1. You have many options. Each have "different" challenges you must overcome. Some involve money, others time and patience... General options available: a. Fix current installation of Windows XP. b. Install Vista from restore/recovery partition. c. Install Windows XP from borrowed CD; either "repair" or "new" installation (and deal with incompatible Product_Key issues). d. Contact HP for Windows XP recovery or installation media (with legitimate Product_Key). e. Contact HP for Windows Vista recovery or installation media (with legitimate Product_Key). 2. Attempt to fix current installation of Windows XP (Japanese Language Edition?). (1) Last known good configuration. Boot this "selection" from Windows Advanced Options menu at system startup (tap <F8> key once or twice per second as system starts). (2) Check Disk. Use "chkdsk" to verify and correct file system integrity. You may optionally request it to check for and attempt to recover and move data located on "bad" disk sectors. You may run or schedule "chkdsk" from Normal, Safe Mode, or Recovery Console from CD boot. (a) Normal/Safe_Mode Syntax. From command prompt enter "chkdsk /f /r" where you replace "" with the designation for logical volume you wish to check. Normally your system/boot volume would be "c:". (b) Recovery Console Syntax. From command prompt enter "chkdsk /p /r". (3) System File Checker. From command prompt enter "sfc /scannow" to restore missing or corrupt system files. It will probably ask you to insert your Windows XP CD. 3. Reference(s): a. Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users b. Recovery Console Commands - Chkdsk c. Microsoft Windows XP - Chkdsk d. System File Checker How To's, How to run it with and without a Windows CD e. Scannow SFC - by Marc LironChkdsk was not designed to be interrupted - so don't. Let it run to completion. If you use the "/r" option, it can take a long time (hours) depending upon how many problems it finds and tries to correct. If it appears "hung", leave it be... Never abort it unless you have no choice. It is best to invoke "chkdsk" using Recovery Console from Windows XP CD boot. You'll need the "password" for the Administrator account. If you don't know it, just hit ; perhaps none was entered.Quote from: JJ 3000 on February 17, 2010, 11:34:30 PM
Linux is free Okay, I wiped everything, and I am gonna try running a Linux OS. I saw a Hannah Montanna one; I think it may be scary enough to work ...An American Werewolf in London (1981) Quote Boys, keep off the moors. Stick to the roads, and the best of luck. From American Werewolf In London Script - Dialogue Transcript: Quote (thunder) |
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Solve : I accidentally deleted a boot message in msconfig.? |
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Answer» My laptop has malware, a virus or both and then some problems. I was TRYING to fix those issues and decided to try and do selective startup to see if I could get rid of some of the problems-one being I cannot start safe mode. But, while I was there I looked at a tap that had a long line of number and letters and without thinking I deleted it. I knew immediately after I did this it was a mistake. But it's done. Now, when I turn on the computer, I get the menu about F10 for this and F2 for that and then it goes to a certain line and stops. My question, what can I put on a thumb drive to get back into windows to fix this. I saw a website called bootnow.com or something but I don't know if I'm on track or not. Any help appreciated. Boot to an XP CD...I do not have the XP CD and I don't know what to burn to a CD to get to recovery console. I've read about ISO's and I've read about dragging the i386 folder and some other files but I cannot piece it together.At this point I guess my only option is to buy an XP CD. I do have the product key from the bottom of my laptop. Anyone have any advice? Help? Your product key will be for an OEM edition of XP, so you have to get an OEM CD. They run about $35 on ebay. You might get it cheaper from your laptop manufacturer, but they might sell you a restore CD instead of a full CD, which would mean you cannot save your data. |
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Solve : unable to create a restore point using System Restore? |
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Answer» Background info: my computer has just 'recovered' from a malware attack, but I was unable to create a restore point a few months ago anyway. I forgot the most important step above... I quit using System Restore after finding out about ERUNT. It is far better that SS. And it works! Alan <>< And best of all is using a disk IMAGING utility on a regular basis (have I mentioned that before?).Thanks to each of you! |
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Solve : NTLDR IS MISSING AND DOESN'T BOOT FROM THE CD? |
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Answer» Maybe this will help: Unable To Boot To A CD/FDD Drive Using the USB MultiBay Cradlethank u man i think it will help me i will try it tonight and give u an answerYou're welcome how many times i have to say it man it doesn't boot from the CD of windows and the running system is windows XP Sp2 And DROP the bad attitude...this is a Help Forum.sorry i didn't want to do that but that notebook is making me crazySo you can not boot even a floppy? If not, you may have to reload the Hard drive by using the network. What make and model is it? If it has NETBIOS you can reload it from another computer using a cross-over cable. Quote from: NEO on September 12, 2008, 09:23:24 AM I NEED YOUR HELP MY NOTEBOOK COMPAQ NC6000 DOESN'T BOOT IT SHOWS NTLDR MISSING Either the ntldr file (usually on the root of C:\) is actually missing or it's corrupt. Quote I MADE A BOOTABLE CD WITH NTLDR What type of bootable CD? a) A CD with just NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI on the boot sector of a CD? b) A CD with MS-DOS files on it along with NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI? c) A CD with DR-DOS files on it along with NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI? d) A Windows 98 disc? E) An Ultimate Boot CD? f) A BartPE CD? g) A WinPE 2.0/2.1 CD? h) A Linux Live CD? There are many kinds of bootable CDs, so you need to be more specific. BTW, choices b) and c) above won't boot unless those files are written to the boot sector of the disc and not the data sectors of the disc itself. Quote BUT IT DOESN'T START UP IT SHOWS ME THAT THAT HAL.DLL IS MISSING A MADE ANOTHER BOOTABLE CD WITH NTLDR AND HAL.DLL See above. Quote BUT IT SIT DOESN'T START WINDOWS BUT IT STARTS ANOTHER PROGRAM CALDERA DR-DOS That right there tells me that your laptop can boot to a CD. Otherwise, Caldera DR-DOS wouldn't have executed (which was on the CD you created at the time). In other words, you did c) above, writing them to the boot sector. Quote AND SHOWS THIS MESSAGE:THE SYSTEM MEMORY MANAGER (EMM386.EXE) HAS DETECTED AN ERROR CAUSED BY A FAULT IN ONE OF THE DEVICE DRIVERS OR PROGRAMS LOADED IN THE SYSTEM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE OPTION TO BOOT FROM THE CD EVEN IN BIOS CAN U HELP ME PLEASE? You made the DR-DOS disc correctly--it's just that part of DR-DOS isn't compatible with your laptop. I would suggest choice a) above if you can do it correctly. Choice a) Instructions: 1a) If you have a physical floppy drive, copy NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI to the floppy. 2a) Use Nero or Roxio to create a bootable CD using the floppy. or 1b) If you don't have a floppy, then GOOGLE for a program called "Virtual Floppy Drive" or "VFD." Create the VFD, then copy the files to it. 2b) Use the resulting floppy image in Roxio or Nero to create your bootable CD. Otherwise, if that's too much of a hassle, go with choice g) and PUT NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI on a flash drive. Choice g) instructions: 1) Create your PE disc. The easiest way I've found to create a PE disc is to follow these instructions: http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-make-a-basic-WinPE-20-CD-t83722.html&hl=2Mount.bat 2) Once you create the PE disc, try to boot from it (don't worry about the BIOS--you were able to boot from a CD before, so you should be able to boot from this one). Just make sure your computer has at least 384 MB of RAM or else PE will crap on you. 3) While it's booting, plug in the flash drive with NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI on it. 4) When PE is up and running, you'll see a command prompt. The drives will probably be assigned as follows: C: The drive with Windows XP on it giving you **** about NTLDR. D: Your CD-ROM drive. E: Your flash drive with the three files on it. X: Windows PE's RAM drive. (although D and E may actually be switched above). 5) Type in the following commands, pressing Enter after each one: C: ren ntldr ntldr.old ren ntdetect.com ntdetect.com.old ren boot.ini boot.ini.old E: copy ntldr c: copy ntdetect.com c: copy boot.ini c: notepad 6) In notepad, click File -> Open. 7) Go to the C drive and find boot.ini. Open it. Make sure your boot.ini is referencing the correct partition. It should look something like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect If not, change it. The last line may have /noexecute=optin or something like that. That's okay. Save your changes and close Notepad. 9) Close the command prompt. This will shut down PE and restart your computer. Remove the PE disc and the flash drive. Wow, that's a nice homework, Mr. killerb255 Quote from: Broni on September 14, 2008, 05:59:06 PM Wow, that's a nice homework, Mr. killerb255 Thanks! The company I work for usually does unattended installs of Windows XP and Vista using boot discs. We used to use the Ultimate Boot CD until we found out not only that Vista doesn't like DOS-based unattended installs, but XP with certain long file names slipstreamed into the source (usually after IE7 or Window Media Player 11 is slipstreamed) doesn't like it either. From there, we just used Windows PE for that purpose. PE's also good for other things: - replacement for XP recovery console (good for people with factory-built systems that don't come with a real OS disc). - removing virus or malware files without having to be in the main OS (if only Hijack This can read a remote registry...). - moving/copying/deleting system files that are normally locked while in Windows - using Ghost or Acronis to clone a hard drive/push a clone image to a hard drive or partition. Windows PE 2.1 is basically a stripped down Windows Vista live CD without Explorer (it only has a command prompt)...and it's free from Microsoft (what a concept!). Since PE can read flash drives without much hassle, I figured that was the next best route for NEO to take.It looks like this board can surely use you with helping others Enjoy your stay... How did you find out about CH, anyway?I found out about this place while Googling for a problem I was having with a customer's speakers. You're ours, now You said you have a NOTEBOOK COMPAQ NC6000 Did you steal this notebook? If it was yours, you would know how it works. And you could contact HP and they would help you. This notebook does not need to boot from a CD. Do a search or "Compaq Support" and you will find other forums that deal just in Compaq notebook issues. While we're necromancing 3-week old topics...I am curious as to whether Neo was able to resolve his issue...i have the same problem as above person.. i tried the repair console,, did the fixboot command, did the fixmbr command,,, and it still says: Press any key to boot from CD. . . . NTLRD is missing press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart its a DELL Desktop... and im about to run head first into a wall... please help |
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Solve : Search and System restore windows? |
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Answer» when I ACCESS system RESTORE and search windows the screen is blank which means I have no dates to restore to and cannot enter a search TOPIC.You can enter a search topic into :- |
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Solve : Constant auto restarts? |
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Answer» After reading it around 10 times, yes that is what I meant. hey digvijay I will insult you directly in this sentence douchey poster but it's OK because I add a smiley at the end ............... i think instead of banging ur head on table and wating and wating to be helped online...........Quit while you're ahead. As it is we just think you gave bad advice. After this POST you're only going downhill.Quote from: digvijay on September 16, 2009, 09:38:43 PM if u dont know something u know WAT u should keep ur mouth shut....................... Please refrain from the idiotic suggestions because someone might ACTUALLY take you seriously. You obviously know little about computers and I highly doubt you are even qualified to sweep the floors at Microsoft. For the record, Microsoft's CEO speaks English as his first language, while you can barely grasp it. Keep up your current method of posting and I promise you won't be here long. Good day, Dada.hello mr ceo i really need your help my dell desktop with windows xp starts in safe MODE but keeps ctiing off iv tried to do a system RESTORE but it shuts down a boos again b4 it finishes can u please help me thank missluvmissluv, please start a new topic in the appropriate forum. |
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Solve : Unused top of screen? |
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Answer» the desktop background is still there but no WINDOWS or FILES can go there. I try to drag a window but it doesn't go. wht happened! You NEED to PROVIDE more information.Sounds as if the windows are not opening MAXIMIZED? Or screen resolution is set wrong? |
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Solve : Boot Order? |
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Answer» I would like to change the boot order to where it boots from a USP first, then |
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Solve : my start logo is at the top of my screen? |
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Answer» The strip that has the start on it, is at the top of my screen instead of the bottom. How di I GET it back to hte bottom?Hover over the TASKBAR with your mouse, then PRESS and hold your left mouse button. Now, while still holding the left mouse button, drag it to the bottom of the screen. Now RELEASE the left mouse button. Hover over the taskbar again and right click it. Choose "Lock Taskbar" from the menu that appears and click it. You should now see a check mark next to that option. Quote from: vickie2023 on February 14, 2010, 12:59:56 AM The strip that has the start on it, is at the top of my screen instead of the bottom. How di I get it back to hte bottom? The Taskbar? You must have have accidentally dragged it to the top; drag it back to the bottom (or left or right side if you like). When it is where you want it, right click it and choose "Lock the Taskbar" to stop it happening again. Thanks everyone. Now, how do i remove this post? Quote from: vickie2023 on February 20, 2010, 08:53:38 PM Thanks everyone. Now, how do i remove this post? No need to...it may help someone else searching the Archives for the same issue... Glad to hear you're fixed up ! |
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Solve : my computer doesn't remember....? |
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Answer» Everytime I go to use my computer (which I never shut down). It doesn't refresh itself. The time is always wrong even though I SET it every morning. Do you know why it is doing this? It's a HP, cpu 270 GHz, 2.69 GHz, 248 MB of RAM.Other than the time, what do you mean "it doesn't refresh itself"? As for the time, replace the cmos battery.what is a cmos battery? For instance, if I am checking out "craig's list" and then leave the sight, I sign back in and it's at the same place I was searching earlier.Quote from: vickie2023 on February 27, 2010, 09:42:58 AM It doesn't refresh itself. PRESS F5. Reboot your computer at least once a day. Run your anti virus ever so often. start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup _______________________________________ _________ From Help and Support on your computer. index [ Synchronizing ] "Synchronizing your computer clock. If your computer is a member of a domain, your computer clock is probably synchronized automatically by a NETWORK time server. If your computer is not a member of a domain, you can synchronize your computer clock with an Internet time server. If synchronization is ENABLED, your computer clock is synchronized with an Internet time server once a WEEK. However, if you don't have a continuous Internet connection through a cable modem or DSL modem, the automatic synchronization might not always occur. In that case, you can force an immediate synchronization by clicking the Update Now button on the Internet Time tab in Date and Time in Control Panel. This tab is only available if your computer is not a member of a domain." Quote from: vickie2023 on February 27, 2010, 09:42:58 AM It doesn't refresh itself. http://tf.nist.gov/service/time-computer.html It's fast and easy to synchronize your computer clock to NIST time .... You can synchronize your computer clock with UTC(NIST). There are two easy ways to connect to NIST, as described below: By Internet "This is the method of choice for most computer users. The NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) allows you to quickly synchronize the clock of any computer connected to the Internet. Simple client software allows you to synchronize your clock as often as necessary, and the service is completely free. Quote from: vickie2023 on February 27, 2010, 05:14:33 PM what is a cmos battery? For instance, if I am checking out "craig's list" and then leave the sight, I sign back in and it's at the same place I was searching earlier.Unplug the computer from power and open the case. On the motherboard you will see a flat, round, silver battery. Replace it with a new one. As for your other issue, are you saying it's only web pages? If so, go to Internet Options, General Tab, Browsing History SETTINGS button and under "Check for newer versions of stored pages" put a tick in "Every time I visit the page" |
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Solve : O.S. on USB? |
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Answer» I am interested on loading an O.S. (both WINDOWS-based and LINUX) on a flash drive (only one O.S. per drive). What would be the PROCEDURE to do this? Would it be different for different O.S.'s? SEE Here For Starters... |
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Solve : I would like some PhoenixBIOS Utility guidance please? |
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Answer» Hello EVERYONE. |
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Solve : Cant open files? |
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Answer» IM using a windows xp computer and im having problems with opening files. When i loggin to the administer accont and TRY to open some of the files it says "Windows cannot access the specified DEVISE, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." Also on the loggin screen, where u log in to different accounts, at the bottom instead of saying "turn off computer" like it used to it says "turn off 2ew324567890gbvfdcxzaq2wsxcvbnm, =-0998y6swsdjdsjdtrr". I reallized many of the characters in the order are next to each other. The problem occurs only with the administer account the other accounts work like they used too (u could do everything except the administer stuff)The permissions issue sounds like you need to take ownership of the folders. The garbage issue sound like hard drive CORRUPTION. You might run chkdsk on it. |
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Solve : Can I reload my OS without the disc?? |
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Answer» I bought a Dell latitude D610 laptop from a dealer on ebay 2 years ago. It came w/Windows XP professional Version 2002 w/SP3. It's been a great puter but lately is running slow. Sometimes it's not too bad, other times it's terrible. I'm using the puter the same as always: surfing, email, word and excel files, an occasional show from hulu. I have lots of disc space. I've done all the suggestions, I think: defragging, registry cleanup, compressing files, cleaning up the hard drive, ran full-system scan w/my Norton, downloaded lavasoft adaware and ran a full system scan, uninstalled any programs I don't use including the lavasoft, erased cookies and history. If it didn't come with discs chances are you are out of luck. Sometimes the installation files are on a separate, hidden drive. However, if you format chances are you will delete this if it has one. Ignore this as it is inherently wrong...if in fact you formatted the system partition the recovery partition would remain intact unless you jumped thru all the hoops to A) Unhide the recovery partition and B) Make a conscious decision to format it as well... That being said without more info on how the laptop is setup and if you see both partitions all anyone here is doing is a bunch of guesswork at this point...Thanks so much for the info all of you. I can see I need to do more research. Dell has a good forum - I'll try that first.I've heard bad things about OEM discs: people getting ripped off or the disc is no good. What do you think? If I use one that comes w/o a product key can I just use the product key now listed for my MACHINE? Whether or not you can use the key that came with your pc depends on the disc you get. For example, if you get a disc for xp pro but your key is for xp home then the key won't work. Also as for the disc not working or getting ripped off that all depends on who you buy it from. At one company I worked for we once bought a pc with a vista upgrade cd from xp. When I tried to upgrade the installation never got passed 2%. I called them up and they SENT me a new disc (I had to return the other disc before they would send me a replacement) and that disc worked. You have yet to tell us what brand you laptop is for us to give you further guidance. As I mentioned before, if it's a Dell order the system restore disc from them. If I remember CORRECTLY it is about 15$. 15 bucks - I can handle that. My machine is a dell latitude D610 laptop. I will get a disc from Dell. I'm curious tho: I found 17 i386 file folders on my machine. 8 are described as "WINDOWS/system32/Reinst..." Two are service pack files, 2 are Java, 1 driver cache, 2 spool, 1 lib, and one a jumble of #s & letters. Is this my operating system? Thanks!!!Honestly I couldn't tell you which folder has the restore image on it. I always make sure I have the discs so I don't have to worry about this. However, you can try this link for how to restore your pc: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=DC47E7957E35BBC0E030A68F27280D16&l=en&s=dhs This thread is spinning out of control... Contact Dell if you have no Recovery partition on the machine... Any CD they send you will work...contrary to the horror stories above because you have a product activation code on your Service tag sticker if it's a Dell... Max cost----8 to 12 Bucks shipping.Patio is correct. I did not mean to steer you wrong. You may also find the service tag in the BIOS.THANK you thank you everyone for all your help - I learned a lot. Will take care of it thru Dell. |
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Solve : Video Driver Issue? |
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Answer» HELLO, I am having an issue with my video driver. THe mobo is a EPIA-M I am working in windows xp pro. The PROBLEM is that when i download the video driver off there website it says that I MUST update my bios. Unfortunately i am unable to do that. So I tried just installing the driver without updatin the bios and after doing so it will black screen after the win xp loading bar. I am then forced to reboot in VGA mode in order to see anything. I uninstall the driver and reboot and it will work once then install the driver again and I have to start all over... when i do a fresh install of the OS, i do get display but I get the error in device manager. Does anyone maybe have a link to the old driver or maybe a generic driver that I can use? PS sorry for my horrible grammar >http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html Open it, click Computer, then Summary. In the upper menu, go to Report>Quick Report-Summary Save it in a text file, and paste it in your next post. Don't include anything under the line Debug - PCI Also, can you post a screen shot of device manager? The Drivers I am installing are from http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/downloads.jsp?motherboard_id=81#Driver They are what cause me to black screen after the loading bar forcing me to reboot in VGA mode. The report you requested is attached [Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Have you recently reinstalled the OS? You NEED to install the chipset driver.The only drivers available are the ones from that link I posted. I am having trouble finding the chipsetI'll guess it's this one: 4in1_v_443.zip (1.11M) DownloadThe 4 in 1 did nothing for me in terms of fixing the device manager issue. Ok. And why are you unable to update the bios?I should have said that I have never done it actually. The directions they give are kind of confusing infact the first step is 1) Install Win98 DOS on HDD Which is why I was wondering if there are any other alternativesI would forget about a BIOS update and concentrate on finding and installing the proper MBoard drivers... They are clearly missing according to the pic you posted.I have looked high and low and am unable to find them anywhere.. I have resorted to emailing VIA and asking them for the proper drivers. But I dont have much faith at this point hahaUnless it's a VIA motherboard you're looking in the wrong place... Many many MBoards use a VIA chipset...however the proper drivers will be from the BOARD manuf. site... This is because there are many more components on a MBoard other than just the VIA chipset.It is a VIA mobo... Here is your chipset driver. http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VIA_HyperionPro_V524A.zip Furthermore, you are only running 128MB of RAM. This is too low for XP. I would suggest switching to a different operating system or adding more RAM. You have two empty RAM slots. |
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Solve : Windows Xp-File access denied? |
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Answer» Thanks EVERYONE for your SUGGESTIONS , I am working through them all & will report back later. |
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Solve : Need Help - Config file Corrupt - Windows won't start? |
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Answer» Hi! I have a Dell running on Windows XP which recently has been unable to start up, and has given me a messge that there is a corrupt or missing file in \windows\system32\config\system. It advises to use the original windows STARTUP disc and press "r" for repair at the prompt... problem is that my CD-ROM has been inoperable for some time. |
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Solve : how to run SpywareBlaster? |
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Answer» To run SpywareBlaster 4.2 (Free Edition), apparently every time I boot up I have to manually launch it and then click Enable All Protection, right? Even then I don't see it in Windows Task Manager (under either the Applications or Processes tabs), or in the Windows Taskbar Notification AREA. What GIVES?I believe the on demand protection is only there with the paid version...SpywareBlaster is not meant to run on every startup and it does not run continuously in the background therefore does not show in processes. When you manually start SpywareBlaster for the regular update it does its thing and SHUTS down. Where is the PROCESS? Why can't I see it running (in Task Manager)? |
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Solve : Help and Support Centre keeps popping up? any ideas? |
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Answer» Recently on my laptop ( Fujitsu siemens Amilo L7320gw) help and support centre keeps popping up on my desktop. Also the help file will automatically pop up if i enter any program and firefox keeps opening new help tabs. I have checked to see if my f1 key is stuck and it isn't. I've also used a key remapping program and remapped the f1 key so it bears no use yet the problem still occurs. I have tried reinstalling windows and the problem still exists. My SCANS with avg have also shown no problems. As a Student, a new laptop would be out of the question so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!Have you tried seeing if it is in the START up and can be disabled?. |
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Solve : Here is the Hive message? |
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Answer» Thanks Allan for your quick response. Here is the hive message word for word: |
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Solve : Dark screen on laptop when turned on, not completely black. Please help,? |
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Answer» Hi, Hitting it against the wall is just a coincidence not the cause of it. This is nonsense. You cannot possibly know this. Hitting laptops against walls is a pretty good way of making them not work. Quote from: drivenbywhat on February 21, 2010, 11:40:14 AM Hitting it against the wall is just a coincidence not the cause of it. If your screen is black after trying to raise the brightness then chances are good it's the lcd that's gone bad. More specifically it's the backlight that is not turning on anymore for you to see the screen. If you have a monitor for a desktop pc and your laptop has an external monitor port than you can use that to see if the video is fine on the other monitor. Also, the backlight not turning on is most often due to the lcd inverter going bad. They usually cost between 20$-80$ but depending on the laptop they may not sell the inverters without the lcd. Also, it's a hassle opening up an lcd. Last but not least if you have a flashlight you can shine it at the monitor and you should be able to see the screen a bit better but not enough for a solution but enough to get you by. I was tempted to remove your advice...but after reading it again i think it should remain for posterity's sake,,, |
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Solve : Cannot Remove File - Windows XP- Access Denied? |
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Answer» Hi , I have just got my computer back from repair (Hard Drive was wiped & XP re-installed) This is my problem > Computer was returned with a FREE Trial Anti Virus (Norman) installed , I don’t want it & I cannot remove it (access is denied), this is preventing me from installing my own choice of Security PROGRAM. Having no success removing it , I next clicked the link to Register the Trial thinking I could then uninstall it - the page does not exist. After searching web pages for help, I tried the following solution > Click on Start, Search, All Files and Folders Type the name of the undeletable file in the box shown Make sure the Look In box shows the correct drive letter Click Search and let the computer find the file Once the file is located, right-click on it and choose properties, make a note of the file location. Usually this is something similar to c:\windows\system32\undeleteablefilesname.exe Close the search box Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and Press Enter to open a COMMAND Prompt window Leave the Command Prompt window open, but proceed to close all other open programs Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR.EXE and press Enter to start Task Manager Click on the Processes tab, click on the process named Explorer.exe and click on End Process. Minimize Task Manager but leave it open Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory where the file is located. To do this, use the CD command. You can follow the example below. Example: to change to the Windows\System32 directory you would enter the following command and Press Enter cd \windows\system32 Now use the DEL command to delete the offending file. Type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Example: del undeletable.exe Use ALT-TAB to go back to Task Manager In Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the Windows shell. Close Task Manager When I performed a search > All Files & Folders including Hidden Files … no results were found, I repeated the search & got the same result , yet the program is clearly listed as currently installed & also on my C:/ drive in Windows Explorer. I have searched this Forum & found several results for Access Denied , unfortunately I'm a novice & cannot understand the information given. Can some one please tell me how to fix this. Thanks in advanceWhy are you trying all of this instead of using Add / Remove Programs in the Control Panel?Good question there... 2 things you should try: 1) Right clik and select Run as Admin...and 2 ) If it's Norton...not Norman you should be using the Norton Removal Tool.Sorry I had to go offline for a while. Thankyou both for your replies, afraid I'm not great shakes at technical problems but I'll try your suggestions & get back to you a.s.a.p. Thanks again very much. P.S. It is Norman not Norton & I've never heard of them either !!!I've never heard of Norman...except the guy from Cheers... But i could be wrong.http://store.norman.com/store/norman/en_US/Content/pbPage.index_us15/Currency.USDWhen I first read the original post and Norman Anti Virus I figured it was a typo, but there really is a Norman Anti Virus. http://www.norman.com/ They have on-line support, so if nothing else works they MAY be able to help you.There are two methods listed for removing Norman, as per http://www.norman.com/support/support_issue_archive/67798/en Both methods should work if Norman was properly installed, but perhaps it was NOT properly installed, hence you cannot add/remove it. In which case the other method also may fail, i.e. "You will find DelNVC5.exe in the ...\norman\nvc\bin directory" Getting support from Norman for your free trial depends upon how they interpret 'The trial versions of the products are available "as is". Free support is available for those with a valid maintenance agreement only. ' Alternatively you should be able to get the computer "repair" shop to free of charge remove this unwanted trial. Alan |
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Solve : is Web of Trust better than IE8's SmartScreen filter?? |
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Answer» Is WOT's list of bad websites better than MICROSOFT's? |
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Solve : cycling when trying to boot up and more? |
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Answer» My computer is on a contunios recycle when I try to boot up, when I do get it to boot up with the recovery cd, it will start the recovery process and then tells me it cannot find the hard drive. I have a MSI KTV6 mother board if that helps. I have also been haveing instant shut downs when STARTING the computer before this happened. Kinda suspecting my power supply. I do have the XP program. I have started in in the safe mode and it does the same thing. This computer was built for me, and I'm not sure if I have all the information on all the components.When you say "cannot find the hard drive" do you mean it cannot find the installation? |
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Solve : help w/wav files? |
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Answer» I'm having a problem w/my computer, I'm unable to hear alert sounds, such as new mail, log on, log off, recycle bin, etc., but I am able to play music, you tube, e-cards, etc. I'm having a problem w/my computer, I'm unable to hear alert sounds, such as new mail, log on, log off, recycle bin, etc., but I am able to play music, you tube, e-cards, etc. System restore to a time when all was well. start, All programs,Accessories, sytem tools, and click System Restore and/or sfc /scannow ( system file checker ) Are you using Windows XP OS? ---------------------------------------------- C:\>sfc /? Microsoft(R) Windows XP Windows File Checker Version 5.1 Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. SFC [/SCANNOW] /SCANNOW Scans all protected system files immediately. C:\>sfc /scannowRight click any .wav file, select "Open with...", select "Choose program from list", select Windows Media Player, CHECK the box for "Always use this program to open files of this type", click OK. This problem has been going on for about 2 months. I tried System restore, but it didn't work. I have XP w/updates, Firefox is my browser, AVG, CCleaner. Can you please tell me how to run SFC. I typed it into "Run" and a black box came up for a nano SECOND, but it didn't do anything. I really appreciate you TRYING to help me w/this problem. If you have other suggestions, I would appreciate hearing from you. ThanksWhen I tried to run sfc/scannow, I got an error message saying file not found.Did you try my suggestion above?yes, I have the files opening w/windows media player now, but still no alert sounds. I am RUNNING a system file check right now. Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to reply to me.You have opened the full Volume Control and check the positions of all the sliders and also that none of the 'mute' boxes are checked? You have checked in the Sounds applet in Control Panel that system sounds are enabled? yes, I sure wish it was that simple. I've tried all the obvious things. And it's so odd, since I have sound w/my music, e-cards, youtube, etc., It's just my alert sounds.Any errors in device manager? What happens in safe mode?Allan, Thanks for replying. I'm not 'too' experienced w/computers - how do I go to Device Manager and how do I check it. And, No, I haven't tried safe mode. Don't know too much about that either. What would I look for once I started in safe mode? Also, I've been to Tweaks.com and didn't really find any answers there either.Start - Run - devmgmt.msc (press ENTER) - are there any yellow or red exclamation marks? To boot to safe mode, reboot and as soon as the system restarts begin tapping the F8 key. You'll be taken to an advanced boot options screen. Choose Safe Mode. You want to see if the sounds work there.No red or yellow exclamation marks After I go to Safe Mode - how do I get back to NORMAL start up??reboot |
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Solve : Serious problem...? |
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Answer» Dell Dimension 8400 In my opinion AVG is pretty much worth exactly what you paid for it.Avast! has that option. It was number one on your link Allan. http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download The other links MAY just have options of speeding up your boot time, as shown in the second link, which may just confuse people. |
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Solve : dvd/cd driver wont run? |
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Answer» the dvd/cd drive will not work everything is there in device mger, but when put cd in drive wont play and wmp wont play DISC...doesnt even know it in thereIt doesn't work with one disk or any disk? |
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Solve : help with activating a laptop? |
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Answer» i have recently installed windows xp on my laptop - but i need to activate it. i have the certificate of authenticity with the product id. when i login, it tells me i need to activate it. when i go through the steps to activate it, it gives me a screen where it has a list eight or nine groups of FIVE digit numbers. i call the phone number and go through the steps but then the automated system tells me that the numbers do not work. the cd came with the computer. Something is being left out here... The MS activation # is not automated... Why not fill us in on the REAL story and stop beating around the bush ? ? ? Oh wait - this is the guy who formats 4 times a year.Could I have the XP CD if this all doesn't work our for you? |
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Solve : How to disable system Passwords? |
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Answer» Goodday, |
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