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Is this the file with PORN that was DISCUSSED about a MONTH AGO?

Hi, I hope someone can help me... My computer crash not to long ago and the error message was 0XA IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EGUAL.

I have XP Pro 32 bit, Servive Pack2 and 2gb Ram.
pentium4, CPU 3.00ghz

I did fix it in the System Configuration ,service and check hide all microsoft services...
My AVG FREE anti virus cause it... maybe from the backup program I had some how corrupted it! I did reinstall the AVG again, HOPEFULLY it won't happen but, there's this program that also cause the crash as well! "Maxbackserviceint" and "Maxsyncservice" The manufacture is unknown... I haven't got a clue what this program Is and even google it...

I don't have the crash anymore but I need to find out what that program is so I can uninstall it for good!

The backup program I was using at the time is CALLED Acronis True Image 10 HOME and yes I went to the site and update the driver.... it still crash at that time... it's not in my computer right now. I was still testing at the time.


Thanks! Spider

The site can be reach at:www.acronis.comSome info here and lots more on the WWW.

Good luckThanks Dusty, I was Just at that site and over look it... how?

I was rushing between my kids crying and being dumb LOL!

it's my Maxtor one touch 3... I don't have it installed right now because I already backup my data and programs.

I'm going to the website to GET a update driver.

Thanks! Spider

I uninstall the driver instead and delete the maxbackserviceint in the regedit to remove it out of my registry for good!


I figure, let XP reconize the new hardware... which it does.. and it's better anyway.

thanks again! spider

I just got an ipod so I was looking for a way to find music to put on it. I went on the walmart.com website and looked up artists that I like. On walmart.com you can listen to samples of each track on the cd and then decided if you want to buy that track. Well Windows MEDIA Player will not play any of the samples. I can play music that is already on my computer in Windows Media Player, but I can't play music from an ONLINE link. I upgraded to the NEWEST version of Windows Media Player version 11 and then went on the MIcrosoft website and downloaded all the upgrades it said my computer needed, but I still can't get any of the samples to play. Does anyone know how to fix this? I know I can play the samples in Windows Media Player because on my friend's computer which is a desktop, it works; but it does not work on my laptop which is a Dell Inspiron E1405.Since I recently attended a presentation about downloading music and using software to play it, I was interested in this and just now visited walmart.com to see how I could listen to music samples. What I learned is that you need to install "Walmart Music Downloads Store" software. It's about a 4MB file that installs automatically once you give the OK while on their website. You'll need to allow and ActiveX control to run in Internet Explorer, and you do need to use Internet Explorer (support for Firefox is forthcoming, but I did not a date).

Once you've done this, you can listen to samples by clicking on the speaker symbol next to song titles on their website, as shown in the following image:


So, Media Player has nothing to do with playing samples. Once you've purchased and downloaded music, then you can use Media Player or your preferred player to play the music.When I click the speaker symbol beside the song I want to hear Windows Media Player opens up. The song does not play and I get an ERROR message from Windows Media Player that says "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance click web help." If I click web help it takes me to a microsoft help page telling me to update and stuff. I did everything on the help page but nothing worked. Also under the track listings on the walmart page it says "If the sample does not play, download Windows Media Player 9" (which I already did) So I think it does have something to do with Windows Media Player since walmart is telling me I need it to play the samples. Also, I nothing ever popped up asking me to download the walmart store. I searched walmart.com and the web trying to download it, but I couldn't find it. Please tell me how you got to it to download it so I can try that. Thanks.

Hi everyone, Im new and a TOTAL novice with computers.

My trouble is when I GO online, I have no sound. I have checked the VOLUME icon and it is up to full. When i play tunes stored in my library, they are fine. The windows welcome tune plays to as it does when the computer shuts down. Thanks in advance for any HELP. I have windows xp HOME versionHave you tried installing codecs?

Codecs

What is with this "new"version of HOTMAIL. Every time I hit the desktop icon a page comes up that tells me to enable cookies. When I go thru what I am told to do, I STILL get the same message. Anybody ELSE experience this?Which Internet browser are you using? And do you mean Windows live Hotmail?Is the icon a direct link to the hotmail webpage?I'm not entirely sure which icon you are talking about? Why not open your Internet browser and TYPE in http://www.hotmail.com? You could also just set it as your default home page so when ever you open you web browser you will automatically be at Hotmail. FIRST of all welcome to CH pasta .
OK now i think this is the problem you may be experiencing,firstly you go to your Hotmail Id but it wont let you login and prompts you to go to hotmail site, It tells you to enable cookies , now here is what you NEED to do.
1) Go to your Internet Explorer Properties .
2)Put all the settings on default.
3)Click ok and apply .
and then go back again and try to login and see what happens.
Enable windows updates from the Start menu, this could also help.

P.S. hopefully you are using Internet Explorer for your browser , if not let us know.Quote from: pasta on September 26, 2007, 02:50:06 PM

Thanks anyway all. Somehow I fixed it.

I am looking at buying my daughter a LAPTOP for school and occasional home use.
I have seen one ( ACER Aspire 5613AWLMi) which has the followign processor:
Intel Core Duo T2350 1.86Ghz 667FSB 2MB L2 Cache.

How do I know the operating speed of the system?

Cheers



Colin The processor is clocked at 1.86 GHz. That MEANS it can do 1.86 trillion CPU cycles PER second. That is the speed of the CPU/processor (they are the same). The 667 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) is how fast the CPU can communicate tot eh rest of the computer. As for the system as a whole it depends on other factors like RAM, hard drive, video card, sound card, SOFTWARE installed, and OS.What is she going to be using the laptop for ?Quote from: Richenstony on September 24, 2007, 06:52:21 AM

What is she going to be using the laptop for ?

My lovely children got to my computer this morning and logged in as me, RATHER than as "KIDS". Now, when I try to LOG in as "me", all of my settings are gone and the scene and settings look LIKE when you log in as the "kids" . When I try to go into explorer, it tells me I have to install it. Same with all other programs. Nothing shows up as installed. If I pull up my programs list, it still lists my programs such as itunes, word, etc., but if I try to run them, they all need to be installed. (Logging in as "kids" still looks like "kids" though.) If I look for my Word documents through another user's Word, I can find them, under "kids documents", "shortcut to me documents". I looked at doing system restore but somewhere in the process it looks like system checkpoints have been deleted because the only system checkpoint it shows is from today and is after the change occurred.

I obviously can access my Word documents but it is my SAVED email and addresses that I am most upset about. Any suggestions? Would it make things worse to try restarting the computer? Many, many, many thanks.No, just restart and then check your user settings in control panel. I doubt the kids could have wreaked that much havoc in one sitting.

Hello everybody, in many times my machine shows me that the virtual memory is low, I have been up the virtual memory TAKING in care the recomendations by Microsoft, but the OS still shows me this message, also, when it happens I couldn't see the network completly, only my machine, I try to connect via DOS using the net use command but it prompt me a message: insufficient RESOURCES to execute this command


What could I do? send to the trash Windows and Install linux in my machine??

SincerelyCan you list some of your SPECS. Hard drive size, amount of RAM, which version of Windows are you using? Have you made any changes recently? When you say you increased the virtual memory do you mean the page file size?My OS is Windows XP Professional Edition SP2, I have 256 MB RAM memory, HD 80 Gb., CPU Intel Pentium 4 3 Ghz. Hyper Treading, Video 128 Mb., Brand: IBM, Model Thinkcentre A52.

I'd spanded the page size file.Right click My COMPUTER, select Properties, Advanced, under Performance select Settings, Advanced, then, under Virtual Memory click Change.

Increase you virtual memory to about 512 MB.

I'll try and start at the beginning. I fried my last mobo and was forced to rebuild. I picked up an Asus P5GDC mobo & a P4 3.21 Ghz processor. Shoved my old 2x1gig sticks of ram in it, and ran my ancient copy of winxp sp1. I'm sure many of you know how painstaking it is to reinstall your OS and work out the bugs. So I update to SP2 get all my service packs. grab all the latest drivers and I hit my first major snag. For some strange reason the device manager wouldn't recognize my brand new ATI Radeon 9550 (pci-e). I went through the bios and disabled onboard video. changed it from booting pci before pci-e and still I could not get the thing to work. Frustrated I took it down to the local computer shop and I recieved a call the next day that the video card was bad. So I order it replaced with an Nvidia 7300 GS. Computer guy says it runs great and sends it home along with a HEFTY bill. So I take it out of the box plug it up and sit down to play a NEWLY installed game. And I start receiving error messages. One after another. Computer cannot find device. Application failed to start because device could not be initialized. yada yada yada. "BIG Headache!!" I found that all I had to do was uninstall the video card, restart, reinstall the video card and reinstall directX. Worked PERFECTLY. (and I know what your saying.. "why am I reading this?") I cannot find a way for my system to KEEP the drivers and/or card working. I live in Tampa FL. The lightning capital of the world. Every power outage, every time I have to update windows, or a program, I'm forced to reboot. This causes the card to stop working. I just want to know if anyone out there has EVER had this problem themselves or knows how I could fix it...
I would like to be able to save myself 15-20 minutes every time this thing shuts down. Any advice would be wholly appreciated. If I left anything out please let me know and I will gladly repost the info. Also if there isn't a fix for this please let me know that I'm stuck with it. Thanks in advance.This may not be it but it can cause this condition...when you did your clean install did you remember to re-install the MBoard drivers ? ?
I've forgotten this step in the past.I installed the OS, and drivers for the motherboard that came in the package(which were a little outdated) sound card drivers video card drivers as well as the audio codecs, and video game controller drivers. When I still had the problem with the video card so I went so far as to flash the bios with newer drivers from the manufacturer. It was a last resort option (I'm still rather new to that sort of thing.) and didn't seem to fix anything.

sorry,didn't know what to write for the title.
The problem are, after i cleaning my heat sink for the processor, i start the computer the post was ok, then it suddently shutdown without a notice.
Sometimes, it came to the windows loading SCREEN,bypass it but not to windows,it stuck with a black screen with an error saying "a write operation was attempted to a volume after it was DISMOUNTED" and then shutdown after 3second displaying the info.
For your info, i did open the fans and heat sink for cleaning but it was seated back nicely.I'm sure!
I goole this but no idea for solution.
any help will be appreciated
the spec are
windows xp home edition,512mb ram.
just formated Well the CPU as well all know is the brains of are computer , taking it in and how has to be done carefully , and most of all when your adding new thermal compound you have to make sure you get any in the pins or back , in my case its pins due to have a P4 , i would take it out and wipe it down take a good hour looking at your cpu for anything out of the ordinary , once you have done that pop it back in with the system fan aka heatsink fan make sure its secure and all the while being grounded correctly a anti-static wrist strap would be ideal if you care about your computer what so ever .

Now if this fails consider taking your CPU to a trust worthy computer shop ...... get them to take a look im not going to make a judgement on whether you have messed up your CPU until you do what ive said ..... because if you was carefully and was grounded with a anti-static wrist strap then this should not of happened .

Goodluckwell. i am aware of what you telling me, but what getting weird are when i go to BIOS by pressing delete the computer will not shutdown,i repeat, WILL NOT.Then, after i escape the bios, the computer will boot like normal right, but by the time it do some work with the HDD randomly it will shutdown.I don't know when it just random. If i was lucky, i can log to windows and USE it maybe a minute or two i guess
And forgot to tell all of you, it is SATA 80Gb but i still don't have a look at the brand.sound like you have a problem and a very strange one indeed!

open up your PC and make sure all your CABLE and connectors are plug in right, also... try taking out one of your RAM... if you have an extra one in your PC.... then reboot to see what happens.

you may have not put it in right or bad ram.

if it doesn't work... try switching the other ram in to your computer.

gppdLUck! spiderThis is what was happening to my old computer. It was a P3 and it became a guinea pig to me. I would overclock that thing and all and eventually I forgot to plug the CPU fan in.. that was a sort of a problem there. The computer would also shut down without warning. It took me a couple of shutdowns before I took a careful look at it and saw the cpu fan idle. That time I felt this weird chill in my back. And I was also messing with BIOS, even though I did not know what was wrong so it was more or less random and the computer would not shut down. I guess that the CPU does not get hot enough while under BIOS.
I am not saying that your fan is not fanning or what not, but you just might consider the possibility of the CPU overheating.
I would not say any wires are loose since the system either would or would not work in most cases. The CPU is apparently fine, but when you were touching it, you might have touched the pins themselves and that might have made a difference in cooling too. These things are very fickle and evanescent if played with. well, i just add an extra thermal paste...i'm USING this pc right now,think it's fine,maybe...anyway..tq everyone...

I watched my soap opera's regularly thru cbs with windows media player. I also checked out my the highlights of my baseball team. My COMPUTER crashed the other night. I now have everything up and running, but I can not watch these videos with media player anymore. I dont get an error message or anything. The video starts for a second says buffering and then quits. I try again and I get the same thing. I checked my firewall to SEE if wmp was being blocked and NO. Full access to the internet. Please help. I have tried everything else. Thanks Alot Have you tried to uninstall and then reinstall it? What version of media player do you have?I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times. I used both wmp 10, and 11. I currently have version 10. I just dont understand what the problem is. I checked my firewall and Media player was given full access to the internet. What about your default settings? Is WMP your default media player? Version 11 should install over 10, so you should not be able to access 10. Have to tried to watch a DVD or a video from the internet?Quote from: clilangelsk on September 23, 2007, 05:00:45 PM

I watched my soap opera's regularly thru cbs with windows media player. I also checked out my the highlights of my baseball team. My computer crashed the other night. I now have everything up and running, but I can not watch these videos with media player anymore. I dont get an error message or anything. The video starts for a second says buffering and then quits. I try again and I get the same thing. I checked my firewall to see if wmp was being blocked and NO. Full access to the internet. Please help. I have tried everything else. Thanks Alot

I recently reformatted my master HARD drive and re-installed Window XP Pro. At the same time I installed Linux OS on my slave drive (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn). Since doing this WHENEVER I press the up arrow BUTTON the computer shuts down. It will do this if I boot to either Windows or Linux OS. How can I change the function of the up arrow to move the cursor and not shut down my machine?Do you mean it just GOES off - POW - the very same moment you press the up arrow, or that it goes into a normal shutdown?

Is it a laptop or desktop? If a laptop, I would suspect a loose connection or faulty component right under that part of the keyboard. If a desktop, is it a USB or PS/2 keyboard?

You posted this on CNET Forums too.

On there, Supermaster wrote,

Quote

Your keyboard has probably become defective. Check with some other keyboard whether the problem persists or not.

Hello. I recently installed a "Topthemes" package. It seemed ok and my av(Kaspersky 7.0) didn't detect any viruses. I did not like the pictures so I removed the program from the Add/Remove in the Control Panel. The problem is that I still have two or three pictures that I can't remove. I am unable to locate these files anywhere . I have followed the steps I found in the forums before I decided to post this. Unfortunately, none of them helped.

I am currently using Windows XP Home Edition SP2.
I have an E-Machines T-5026
160G Hard Drive
512k RAM
Intel Pentium4 Processor.
Kaspersky 7.0 Anti-Virus
CWShredder
XoftSPYSE.

I am very careful about what I download from the Internet. This is the first time that I am unable to completely remove something. I have thoroughly scanned my computer to MAKE sure that I do not have a virus.

If someone can please help I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance,
Riverman
What do you mean you are unable to locate them? How do you know they are there if you don't know where they are? If it's saying you can't remove them because they are in use or access is denied you can try rebooting and pressing F8 to get into safe mode. Try removing them from there.It's refreshing to see a well worded post that also contains a good amount of the info we normally wind up asking for...nicely done ! And WELCOME to CH.

The images are probably located in the WinNT folder on C:
They should be in the .bmp format so just open whichever image viewer you currently use and navigate to the WinNT folder...there you can open them one by one and safely delete the ones you don't want...

Let us know how it goes...

With third party EYE-candy PROGRAMS it may take some registry editing to get the original boot and Start menu images changed so let us know if this is the case.Thank you for the quick reply.
To KBM292, I apologize. I should have mentioned that the images show up when my computer is booting up.
To patio, I looked in there and they are not in that file. It may be a registry issue as you mentioned.

Something else I wanted to mention. I noticed when my computer was booting up that a black screen appeared with the option to start Windows two different ways. I have not seen this before (usually I turn it on in the morning and leave the room while it boots up, but I didn't see this before.)
Again, thank you for your help.
Riverman

Let us know what the options are...Are the options to boot into Windows and the other to boot to the RECOVERY console?KBM,

Yes. I have the option to start Windows XP normally or Restore Windows XP.
I also have a message at the bottom of the screen that reminds me to use F8 to safe start.
I might add that the picture also shows up at the shutdown where the "Saving Your Settings" screen is.

Thank you again in advance for any help. Hello....
Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this?Well i traveled to the TopThemes site and it seems there are a few of them...as i said with third party eye candy programs there can be alot of different ways to reverse the changes that were made to the system...
Can you supply a link to where this theme came from ? ?It took a little digging, but I found the link.
http://salvador-dali-wallpaper.en.softonic.com/
Thank you.

Hi My PC,HP Vistas,comes back on after just a few minutes of being in "Sleep Mode" or when using "Power Management". HP FORUM says this is a fairly common problem when CONNECTED to a cable modem. The modem keeps triggering the PC to wake. I know this is probably a very basic question but is there any way I might HARM my PC by manually turning the monitor,only the monitor,off? This novice sure appreciates any help/advice. ThanksThat will not harm your PC. You can prevent it from waking up via modem by disabling the feature in bios and also in the NIC properties.The feature is called "Wake on Lan", or sometimes just "WOL" and it's a BIOS setting.

There is absolutely no way you will harm your PC by manually turning your monitor off when the PC is in standby. I always turn mine off. Apart from anything else, it's better for the planet.


What is the purpose of these feature ? I'd just LIKE to know, cause I'm thinking of disabling it, but I'd like to know what it does before I go ahead with that.It's designed for NETWORK computers so that a touch of the key starts the workstation...Hey I definitely appreciate the feedback. Thanks a bunch.Quote from: patio on September 23, 2007, 05:06:02 PM

It's designed for network computers so that a touch of the key starts the workstation...

gateway gp6-400c
win 98 se
celeron-a 400 mhz
384 mb sdram
ibm-dpta 10gb drive master
wdc 30gb drive slave


evening,

i have INSTALLED a second harddrive but the computer seems to be reading the two as one. both are seen as; generic ide disk type 47. however, the second drive does not have a drive letter. I can not see it in a way that lets me open/see the files. i am thinking maybe it needs a drive letter. when i booted i never seen anything about the second drive. it is set as slave.
device manager sees both drives but both are called generic ide disk type 47. while device manager sees two drives "my computer" does not. my computer only see one drive, c-drive.

having said all that, how can i give the second drive a drive letter.

thanks,

tazpaigehave you changed your bios settings to accomadate for a second hard drive installed on your computerthanks for the reply Pat,

no i have not done anything to the bios. i am not sure just how or what to do but will take a look to see if i UNDERSTAND the setup. PLEASE get back with me on how and what i should do in the bios.

thanks,

tazpaigeRight click my computer, left click manage, click disk management. Right click the new drive and initialize it. Then format.I don't believe you will find Disk Management in Win98...
Open Windows EXPLORER and see if the drive is listed there. If it's an empty drive it does need to be formatted before Windows will recognise it.
You can DLoad a Win98SE bootdisk from bootdisk.com which you can create a bootable floppy to format the drive...My bad, The BIOS should recognize the drive. If not you might be able to get it to recognize using the overlay software provided by western digital. You might also update the BIOS in your computer however this carries it's own risks. How are your drives setup? Do you have an optical drive in the configuration as well? Lot of possibilities.thanks to all......

i have been to the site bootdisk.com. downloaded bootdisks for win95 and win98.
i am waiting for a file called; doscdrom.exe, which has FOUR drivers for the cdrom.

i tried the western digital bootdisk but it would not work because the harddrive is IBM.

at this time i get to this; A:\> and when i try setup.exe i get this; not ready reading E:\.

i guess i need a driver.

thanks

tazpaige

Hi,

Found a new file extension portal at www.File-Extension.com that I found really easy to navigate.spam?Maybe... Depends what you mean by spam.

It is an alphabetical index of common DOS, Windows, Mac and Linux file extensions, with a little bit of information about each one, ARRANGED so you can view the information for each extension on its own page.

As well as their library of extensions, they also do a similar thing for Windows processes and DLLs.

For example, this is what it has to say about the .RAR file extension

Quote

Format and name: Roshal Archive File

.RAR is a data COMPRESSION, storage and transfer file format. These files can be uncompressed using a range of available programs, using the proprietary RAR algorithm, however the most common windows package is WinRAR (shareware). An archive compressed using the RAR or WinRAR file compression programs might be divided into smaller files, which, in turn, might be labeled with the extensions .R00 through to .R99.

Windows Cannot Open RAR [or whatever the extension is] Files?

If Windows cannot open RAR you may not have the appropriate program installed or have a registry related error. We strongly recommend you run a free registry scan.

File Extensions

Put simply, the file extension is represented by letters which follow the full stop of a filename. The file extension IDENTIFIES what program, or type of program, the operating system should use to properly view or execute the contents of the file. As such a file extension is part of a file's metadata which can contain, along with the extension, a range of information (including, for example, the creation date and file size).

A point of particular note, when examining files, (particularly those received via email) is that that Windows does not necessarily list the file extension when naming the file. The problem here is that a person might receive an innocent seeming file called, say, readme.txt, without realizing that the file is actually executable with the full file name readme.txt.vbs. This trick was a common one used to transmit Internet worms and viruses to unsuspecting recipients.

Okay, so I bought this computer from my brother. I had XP professional installed and the thing was working great used it like that for about a month. Then I decided to revert back to XP Home cause that was the OS that came with the computer atleast then I would be on a LEGAL (my copy) OS. Anyways, I ordered the CD's from Compaq My computer is SR1817CL. The only thing that has changed in the computer is the hard drive unfortunatley I am having to use a 120GB IDE drive but it is 7200rpm's anyways, when I loaded the 10 CD recovery disks for this computer it finally finished after about a 3 hour process and it is so slow sometimes. Before I could actually play DVD's and stuff with professional. My beleif is that either compaq's recovery disks suck or I have to delete alot of this preinstalled software like misc games and stuff i'll never use or pop out the modem cause I don't use it anyways. I have a Athlon 64 2.0ghz with 1.2gb of available RAM. This is kinda rediculous also I've tried a couple of applications like Eusing Free Registry Cleaner and CCleaner or whatever. Is this a common issue? also is there anyway to like extract XP Home from the disks or format and install a clean XP Home OS? I'll be on all NIGHT so just lemme know what you think.

Thanks...

Brad

PS: Could it be that an IDE hard disk is just too slow for all the Compaq Apps that came with it considering it was STANDARD with a 200gb SATA?
OriginalDrivers Okay, I guess maybe I should remove the old drivers first or something. Are there any programs out there that are free trials or something to check all devices. I am guessing it would probably be the mainboard drivers. But yesturday I installed all the drivers of HP's SITE. Don't see how going to an older DRIVER would make much of a difference?!?!

BradSometimes the old drivers work fine and the new ones have problems.

Go Figure.Quote from: street1 on September 25, 2007, 07:22:53 PM

Sometimes the old drivers work fine and the new ones have problems.

Go Figure.

I would like to set every user up on their workstation with a default group of settings. I have a Windows 2003 network and XP workstations. We utilize AD but not Group Policy.

There are SPECIFIC things I adjust EVERY TIME I set up a new computer or set a user up on a new computer. I redirect their My Documents folder, I organize the LIST of programs into subfolders (in Start Menu) and then tweak settings under almost every program in the control panel.

Although not all users run the same programs, there are very few differences between them. However this generic set of adjustments is done regardless of what department they are in, etc.

I don't want to make these adjustments on everyone's computer individually anymore. Is there a way to save and load my custom settings just once when a user is setup?

I've experimented a little with CONFIGURING a user and then copying the profile to use for another person but this method doesn't do exactly what I want (for example all the custom subfolders I add to the Programs list are in place but the Programs menu is not organized into them) and I find it difficult to have to go assign the profile in AD and then remember to unassign it. Remember I only want to make these changes once - when a user is set up.

Thanks for the help.

PoWhy not use a GPO? That's what it's there for. Put the users in an OU and got for it.

Alan <>< I agree - but I'm not sure I have the time to set up Group Policy now. Anything you can recommend to tide me over until I'm ready to "do it right"?Not really. A well configured GPO will save you "the time" in the LONG run.

Alan <><

I noticed that w32 time LOGS a number of errors trying to sync time with the DOMAIN controller when a workstation or SERVER initially boots up. It seems by the 3rd or 4th try, THOUGH, time is sync'd and everything is OK.

Is it normal for the time syncing process to fail so OFTEN? Is there a way to delay the process so errors aren't generated in the Event log? Is this something I should even be concerned about?

Thanks - MattIt's normal, you needn't be concerned. It's annoying to see red stuff in the event viewer, I know, but this is one of those things that doesn't matter.


Whats the event id number?

hi i have tried to set up my COMPUTER to go into hibernation after a short period of no activity but although it appears to be set up correctly it wont shut down i have it set to turn off monitor after 10 minutes this works ok then drives after 15 minutes (dont know if this is ok) then hibernate after 30 minutes but it never does. is there any way of seeing what programms may be holding the PC on (if i click on hibernate from the shutdown screen it works fine)
ive got winxp sp2
pentium d cpu 2.8
1 gig ram
norton sys works

thanx

daveTo SEE what processes are running HIT Ctrl-Alt-Delete and select Task Manager...under the process tab it will show them all.
Some of these will look very foreign to you if you haven't wandered in there before so don't disable anything you don't recognise.

Chances are it's Norton phoning home to check for updates...that or your e-mail client doing the same.

p.s. Those options can be turned off in the TOOLS section of the respective programs.

Hi, I am in a slight pickle every time I turn on my computer it starts performing incredibly slow once it corrects its self the display properties reads its only in 4-bit colour and is no option for me to improve it, its usually 32-bit (err I think, I dont fiddle with display that much), and because of this i am unable to perform or activate some programmes
pls help
a pickled noobPost alot more info on your system specs, which OS and what happened prior to this and someone will be along SHORTLY...
I suspect corrupted video drivers though...Did you check the Driver for you Video card ? Is it an onboard video card ?well I went through my devices and the manager said they all appear to workin properly =$ but here are my specs (not sure what ya need so just gonna offload some random stuff that I think look important):
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Processor: Intel pentium 4
1GB of RAM and I got XP but im not sure what other specs you want me to display??
RaincheckAlso this ERROR message displays quite often too:

Error!
!!! QueryDosDevice failed.
Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

=( even when i tried to do a PASTE a screenie it came up... =$
RaincheckIt almost sounds like there is a memory leak in some application (s) you have running in the background; it is using memory for something then not clearing it out afterwards.
It would not hurt to check to see what programmes and applications are running in the background, and kill any of them that are not needed (see the BC startup program database for quidance).

Just to reinforce the ideas being pursued in this thread:

Duplicate the issue with your computer and then ctrl + alt + del will bring up the Task Manager. Click on 'Performance' tab. Look under Physical Memory and tell us the numbers for Total and Available.

Also the average number for CPU usage, ESPECIALLY when you duplicate the issue.pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del produced this message.
taskmgr.exe - Application error

X The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000012d). Click on OK to terminate the application.

In which I kliked OKOuch, What O/S ? Windows XP ? Also have you ran any anti virus/spyware ? If so, what software ? Sounds like a mess.You could try searching Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304101 or
Link Edittry chckdsk /f

notice the space

when box comes up asking to do it on reboot press y and enter and reboot

PLEASE i need help. i have 4 users on my computer, 2 of which you cant use because every time you log on, it LOADS all the stuff, then all of a sudden, everything except the mouse POINTER dissapears off the screen and it goes black. sooooo theres no screen BUT you can still use the computer blindly, and you can see the mouse pointer for some odd reason. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PLEASE.

Windows XP Media Center
1022 RAM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+, MMX, 3dnow, 2.2GHz
ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, 256mbOk i would post a hijackthis log in the computer virus section of the forum just to see if the experts can pin point anything nasty lurking in your system ......


http://www.merijn.org/files/HiJackThis_v2.exe

1. download

2. scan and save log

3. copy and paste log into virus section

4. DO NOT FIX ANYTHING


I am on the understanding this may not be the ISSUE at hand but i still think its worth getting it checked.....

Tony If everything works fine in the other 2 accounts i would simply delete the offending accounts and re-create them...User accounts GET corrupted, part of the Windows Experience...

I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony laptop.

My PROBLEM is the default listing of ACTIONS when I right click on my hard drive, the memory stick, DVD-RAM Drive and my Network Drive the first option is 'Search' when I expect it to be 'Open'. If I left click on any of the aforementioned drives/devices the 'Search' window opens.

The computer came that WAY and it's an irritation to say the least. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks,
DavidSee if this does it&GT;>>

Go to Start/Run and type in the following and hit Enter...
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Re-boot

My new laptop froze for the first time today, while playing a video on real media player. When hitting alt-control-delete failed to bring about any result, I manually shut it down.

When I rebooted a few minutes later, I got a screen telling me that I failed to shut down my computer correctly, and asking me whether I wanted to reboot in safe mode, normally, or with the last known good configuration. I selected the last option, Windows XP started to BOOT up, then abruptly froze. A blue-screen error message flashed up and disappeared, way too quickly for me to read. Then the computer took me back to the "how would you like to boot up" message.

I've been moving through this cycle for about an hour now. It doesn't matter if I pick normal, safe mode, or last good configuration...the blue screen flashes, and then it starts over again. I tried hitting F8 and going through all the options listed there, but with no difference. I'm using a LENOVO 3000 Family Notebook, model 0768-EFU. My OS is Windows XP. I was running both real media player and uTorrent when my computer froze up. I use Norton Anti-Virus, but my subscription for their updates ran out about THREE weeks ago.

I'm currently living in Japan, and my OS is in English. My Japanese is pretty limited, and I don't even know if I can get tech support for my computer here, much less if anybody will be able to help me out in English. If anybody has any ideas on what I can do...please help. At the risk of SOUNDING unnecessarily melodramatic, my life (and my livelihood) is on that laptop, so I'm pretty desperate.

Thanks for any help. Please let me know if I've failed to give any important information...I'm pretty computer illiterate, as is probably fairly obvious.hey there. i am sorry to say that you are apparently facing a unresolvable issue. one option, the easier, is to get a new laptop. the second, harder, is to reinstall windows. hope there will be someone giving you a better solution. these are my only two ones. good luck.Quote from: c_gray on September 24, 2007, 10:24:27 AM

My new laptop froze for the first time today,

Hi-
I am a newbie at this computer BUSINESS, can anyone tell me how to MOVE some music FILES from my free download manager into windows media player 10, and then download them from media player 10 into my mp3 player? I have no clue.
I'm using windows xp home EDITION. Thanks, and nice to meet you all!
Regards, Genowhat torrent downloader are you using??

try just dragging and dropping the music into win media player.You should be able to use the "Add to Library" selection from the File menu to add them to your Media Player 10.

You can then use the Sync menu to syncronize any music file you choose to your portable.

Windows Media Player 10 - How ToThank you very MUCH folks- I appreciate it! regards, Geno

Can anybody help, I have an old Toshiba LAPTOP running Windows 98, no problems but I am trying to load dial-up software to go online through a modem, I've tried THREE different ones but keep GETTING the error MESSAGE "THE INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD CANNOT LOAD THE INETCFG.DLL FILE", and no connection is possible. What does this mean and can it be rectified ? Cheers Graham.
Hey

I think the DLL has been faulty .... go to your registry in where the dlls are stored for this file most likely in program files find where your dll should go .... delete the current one that is in the error message and re-add this fresh one im linking to just extract it into the dll section of your program files .

Make sure you find the current program in program files do not extract the dll in anywhere other than the dll section of the program that's giving you issues .

http://www.dlldll.com/exdll/2574.html

When I click on the YELLOW folder on the menu bar to open a document, or alternately click on File, then Open, I get a small window showing the documents. Somehow, I hit a WRONG key or two, and now when I use the Open command, I get a full screen version of my documents. I can't determine what I did or how to get it back to NORMAL. Any suggestions?Hit alt+space and then press the R key. This should restore the window to the correct size for you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I spent about 3 hours yesterday trying to figure it out. Can you tell me where to find the ANSWER in the help topics? Does that command work with anything else? I'm not sure if that would be in the help topics. It's not a Microsoft Word specific shortcut. That shortcut will work with resizing almost any window. If you hit alt+space and then wait you will see a list drop down in the upper left of the window. That's where you can find the different options of what you can do to that window.Thank you again. You've been extremely HELPFUL. Thank heavens for these forums. I have had more help from these than any manual, on line or otherwise.You're more than welcome. That's what these forums are here for.

My brother was downloading some crap and then my icons and the start button disappear what HAPPENED how do i get the start button back? I cant access control panel or anything?What OS and what protections are you running? Can you see anything in safemode?Ctrl Alt Delete go to new task type explorer Quote from: Spero-T on September 12, 2007, 04:48:49 AM

Ctrl Alt Delete go to new task type explorer

What protection do you have?

Sir,
i had faced DEBUG error in our SOFTWARE.
the error message is,

Microsoft VISUAL c++ debug library
debug assertion failed
Program:C:\program files\dijitex\dms6.00\DJDMS.ex
file: wincore
line:980
for information N how you program can cause an assertion failure, see the visual c++ documention on asserts. please retry to debug the application.

the above erro message coming in m/c RUNNING condition. but there is no data lose in my application. please give solution.why it is coming and and how to rectify the problem.

Okay. I'm using Microsoft Windows XP Professional, v. 5.1. I've had my computer since 2002 and it's been faaaairly reliable. I've had two major issues with it since I got it, the biggest one being last summer when I lost everything on my C drive (luckily for me, I had another hard drive with MOST of my important stuff and it made it out unscathed) because I couldn't turn it off in time during a thunderstorm.

Anyway. Last week, on Wednesday, I was uploading a picture into an existing folder. I noticed that the folder wasn't turning up in the drop-down menu, which was odd. I opened my E drive, opened Documents and My Pictures, and the first thing I noticed was that there were only about 5 sub-folders. This is the drive that was salvaged last summer, and it was installed mainly to save me some space, so I had almost 100 folders from 2004 to 2006. I went back and then re-opened it to find some of them, but not all of them, suddenly showing up.

Every single folder from 2006, plus all the pictures that weren't in folders, were gone. I tried doing the re-opening thing again to see if they suddenly appeared too, but it didn't work. I had definitely not done anything to delete them or touch them at all, and they'd definitely been there since at least the night before.

I opened my Windows Movie Maker, because if a picture in there is deleted or renamed or moved, the link is broken; all the pictures that were in there were part of the missing bunch, and none of their links were broken. I called a friend who usually helps me, and he told me to enter the location link from one of those pictures in IE's address bar, and lo and behold, it was like I was in that folder and they were all right there.

I tried with another folder that I remembered the name of and the same thing happened; there were all the pictures. This leads me to believe that none of my pictures are actually missing, renamed, or deleted. There are two issues: the My Pictures folder doesn't seem to realize that they're there (it lists 52 folders, which only accounts for the visible ones, and the size is definitely wrong) and I can't simply type in all their names on IE because I couldn't possibly remember the name of every folder. They all start with a yyyy-mm-dd followed by some random keywords depending on the pictures.

It's driving me crazy because I know that they're there, and I can't see them, and they aren't hidden because my folders are set to show me hidden files. I even tried making a new folder with the name of one of the missing folders and it told me I couldn't because it already exists. THEN SHOW ME IT, you stupid computer .

Please please help me, some of those pictures are of the most important things that have ever happened in my life and this is really just driving me absolutely mad.

have you tried to do a system wide search for the filesHey -- you say you're already viewing hidden files, how about system files? They're hidden from view by default as well, and you can unhide them from the same menu that you unhid the hidden files.

Also, if you know the full path of one of the missing files, you can put that into the explorer bar manually and see if you can access them that way.

Of COURSE, there's no logical explanation as to why these folders would suddenly be marked system, but who KNOWS. Perhaps you UNKNOWINGLY did a SWEEPING change of attributes to a drive?Also:

If the files are indeed where they appear to be, the Command Prompt should be able to find them. If you're interested in trying the CMD method, follow my "Emergency DOS lesson":

1. Start > Run
2. Type CMD and press [Enter]
You will be shown a black window with C:\Documents and Settings\Yourname> in the screen.

3. Type E: and press [Enter].
4. Type cd Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\My Documents\My Pictures and press [Enter], replacing YOURNAME with the account name in question.
5. Type DIR /A and press [Enter]. You will see a list of folders. At the bottom will be LISTED the number of Directories/Folders, and the number of files in that particular folder.

If you see all your folders, great! Use the following command:

XCOPY /S /E *.* "C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\My Pictures"

To copy all the files over to your My Pictures on the main hard drive (the one you're using now), and the quotes are essential. If this doesn't allow you to see all your folders/files, then this didn't help, but didn't hurt either.

Regardless of outcome, close the CMD window.

I am not SURE that I am really downloading Microsoft updates when I click the yellow shield in the system tray (with the exclamation mark). When I click the button, it disappears for three seconds and then returns. I have set my computer to automatic updates. I am using Firefox, not Internet Explorer. I am also using a legal registered version of Microsoft. Here are the last entries from the update.log file:

08-01-0310:04:15:1253420e34Misc=========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.381, tz: -0500) ===========
2008-01-0310:04:15:1253420e34Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2008-01-0310:04:15:1253420e34Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wucltui.dll
2008-01-0310:04:15:1253420e34CltUIAU client GOT new directive = 'Install APPROVAL', serviceId = {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}, return = 0x00000000
2008-01-0310:04:15:1253420e34CltUIAU client creating default WU/WSUS UI plugin
2008-01-0310:04:17:125 892e30AUWARNING: GetUpdateMetadata FAILED, error = 0x80070005
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34CltUIFATAL: GetUpdateMetadata failed. hr=80070005, numUpdates=3, lcid=00000407
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34CltUIFATAL: _GetUpdates failed with hr 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34AUClntFATAL: Failed to create dialog class. hr = 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34AUClntFATAL: CAUClientUITrayIconBase encountered a fatal error. hr = 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34CltUIFATAL: AU client initiating shutdown encountered fatal error. hr = 0x80070005
2008-01-0310:04:17:1253420e34CltUIWARNING: m_pCurrentPluginUI is non-null!!!
2008-01-0310:04:17:140 8926dcAUAU received handle event
2008-01-0310:04:17:140 8926dcAUAU setting pending client directive to 'Install Approval'
2008-01-0310:04:32:375 8926dcAULaunched new AU client for directive 'Install Approval', session id = 0x0
2008-01-0310:04:32:4682976a20Misc=========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.381, tz: -0500) ===========
2008-01-0310:04:32:4682976a20Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2008-01-0310:04:32:4682976a20AUClntLaunched Client UI process
2008-01-0310:04:32:5152976a20Misc=========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.381, tz: -0500) ===========
2008-01-0310:04:32:5152976a20Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2008-01-0310:04:32:5152976a20Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wucltui.dll
2008-01-0310:04:32:5152976a20CltUIAU client got new directive = 'Install Approval', serviceId = {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}, return = 0x00000000
2008-01-0310:04:32:5152976a20CltUIAU client creating default WU/WSUS UI plugin
2008-01-0310:04:36:062 892e30AUWARNING: GetUpdateMetadata failed, error = 0x80070005
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20CltUIFATAL: GetUpdateMetadata failed. hr=80070005, numUpdates=3, lcid=00000407
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20CltUIFATAL: _GetUpdates failed with hr 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20AUClntFATAL: Failed to create dialog class. hr = 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20AUClntFATAL: CAUClientUITrayIconBase encountered a fatal error. hr = 80070005
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20CltUIFATAL: AU client initiating shutdown encountered fatal error. hr = 0x80070005
2008-01-0310:04:36:0622976a20CltUIWARNING: m_pCurrentPluginUI is non-null!!!
2008-01-0310:04:36:078 8926dcAUAU received handle event
2008-01-0310:04:36:078 8926dcAUAU setting pending client directive to 'Install Approval'

Very GRATEFUL for your advice. Any ideas or suggestions what I should do?Hello Evelyn.

Perhaps slightly more info on your machine would allow us to help you further.

What OS are you using? (i can guess it's windows xp judging by your description of the windows update tray icon, but what service pack? etc.)

If you're having doubts about whether windows automatic update is actually downloading anything, you can always access the microsoft support website and download your updates from there. Thanks for the tip! I will do as you suggested.

My daughter removed the microsoft office and it took the picture MANAGER with it.
Would like to recover the picture manager, is there a way to do this. Thanks for any help.To get the MS Office picture manager back, you will need to reinstall MS Office.
But if you don't want all the PROGRAMS in the suite, you can choose the custom option during installation, and UNCHECK any items you do not want to install.
Hope this helps.Thanks, but I don't know how to reinstall it. Can you expand on this. I'm not too smart on the PC.Insert the MS Office CD into your CD drive.
Then, an installation wizard should come up on your PC.
This will guide you through the process of reinstalling MS Office - just make sure you click custom, rather than full, typical or any similar options, when asked what type of installation you want to perform.Sound right to me. My daughter lives in another state, I'll contact her. But from what she told me, I don't think she has the CD. In that event, is there another way ?In that case, no, I don't think there is another way.
It's worth looking for the CD if you had it at one point, although it sounds like maybe it came with your computer and you didn't have the actual CD.Thanks Calum. I called and she said she thinks the program came with the PC, as
she dont remember any CD. The only thing I can think of is a restore, if she can keep her files. Take care. Thanks again.If she needs just picture manager, she can try some search, like THIS
You have to take closer look, because not all listed items are strictly picture managers, but I'm sure, she'll FIND something.How do you convince a woman of anything Broni ? I've tried, I use Picasa2 myself
and told her so. Thanks for the site, I saved it.Quote

How do you convince a woman of anything Broni ?

One of My company's COMPUTER which is using Win 2000 professional lost its volume control Icon. I've checked on the control panel/Sounds and audio device; and can't do any settings on the speaker's setting BECOZ some file is GONE. btw the soundcard is onboard
does anyone have ever meet such a problem like this?Is "Place volume icon in the TASKBAR" checked in Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices?

Quote

becoz some file is gone

I have been getting this stupid error message. I thought I fixed it, but it came back. It reads:

Explorer.EXE: The PROCEDURE entry point BUF_MEM_grow_clean could not be located in the dynamic link library libeay32.dll

I believe that this file is preventing me from getting on my wireless network internet. Please help. I have not been able to find anything on this file on the internet.

Also, I have been getting this:

Kubn5w.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.

I have no idea what program this is for. Can anyone help me on this also? Thanks!!!
BTW: I am running Win XP and have a real win cd. My puter is really old. BROUGHT in 2000. Do you use Filezilla, or Miranda?

Go Start>Run, type:
sfc /SCANNOW (<----watch for "space")
Hit Enter.
Have your Windows CD readyThis may help. I was working to clean up my main system and removed the Linksys USB driver and Monitor, since I was not using it any more. I did not notice the difference until much later. I was receiving the same message as you on boot.

I REINSTALLED the Linksys USB Wireless Monitor and driver for the WUSBF54G (which does have the libeay32.dll) and the error went away. I pulled down the driver from here

Link Edit
I like using Windows XP's Wireless client so I just right clicked the square Linksys monitor in the task bar, hit "Use Windows Zero Configuration Utility", disconnected my USB Linksys adapter and reconnected. Now Windows is controling the Wireless adapter from Linksys.

Maybe you can find some related clues in this POST. Good Luck.

Did you CLEAN inside?Clean inside is important. DUST MAY clog the holes for which the HOT air can come out and even the overall performance of your system fans.

hi experts
i m talking about a almost two year old duo core toshiba 1.86Ghz laptop with win xp
it has started to not to hibernate or stand by by it self
i have set my DESIRED timings on powers options and i expect it to obey to instruction when i fall asleep but in morning i find it as it was 8 hours b4 with Lcd still on,.
#2 i have set Lcd to get powered off after it is not in use for 10 min ,but sometimes it goes off most of the time dont
and when it goes off it dont WAKE up on moving the mouse ,
in that case i cannt see nothing on my system so i have to hold down the power button for few many seconds in order to get the whole system get powered off and start again
pls advice me on these issues
thanksWhat is the make and model of the laptop? That's important to know so we can see exactly what hardware you're working with.

Regarding issue #1:
Do you have a screen saver active? If so, does it ever come on?

What programs are running on your computer at any given time? Some programs won't allow the computer to go into automatic standby or hibernation and often won't allow a screen saver to come on. For example, some media players, P2P programs, or other programs that actively use the hard disk.

Issue #2:
This might also be a result things running in the background. Depending on your power settings, there are different steps to powering down automatically when not in use. The following is an example and does not apply to all laptops and/or settings:

First, screen saver. Second, screen off and hard drive off. Third, system standby or hibernation.

The third step usually requires the power button to be pushed to turn it back on, but some computers support pushing keys or moving the mouse. Consult the laptop's documentation on that. Have you tried just pushing it once and not holding down the power button?hi thanks for u ur reply budd
yes it does have a black screen savor that comes after 10 MINUTES and very few seconds later the lcd turn s off
i m running regular pogrammes but but none of my requrires programmes are loadedduring start up bcoz i have modified the SETUP through msconfig
the software which i usually run are adobe cs3 ,unigraphics nx3 ,master cam ,and ms office
plus i do have a external hard drive being operated through router and i have have enables to suspend or hibernate my system from extenal hdd software prefrences
bsides i must tell u its a toshiba centrino 1.88 ghz and model is satellite p 100
well thats it i thing thats all i can provide to be diagnosed
thanks

Where to begin with it's problems....gosh I don't even know.
The first thing anyone reading this and wishing to help me with my computer problems should know is, A family friend built it for us. I know your thinking...go ask them for help then? well I would but he built it for us atleast 2 years ago and now he is a "thug"...no not at all... and "tries" to steal cars. He no longer is intelligent apparently. Really he is the nice computer geek we all loved with a few tattoos and tries to be cool, we still love him haha anywayssss ENOUGH of the story, lets get down to the problems.
Oh it runs on Windows ME...

1-First, when I go to my Add/Remove programs in control panel...None of the programs show up. What the h**l?

2-My computer will restart, but not shut down. You have to shut it off with the power button or unplug the whole bloody thing.

3-it's slow as a snail

Suddenly my mind is drawing a blank and I can't remember the 100 other issues. But I'll post them as they come.
If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers!

-ChloeLet's see, if your computer is clean...

1. Run free ESET ONLINE Scanner at: http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
Note: This Scanner is for Internet Explorer Only
1. You will notice that the "Start" button is grayed out. Place a check mark at "Yes, I accept the Terms of use". The "Start" button will become visible. Click on it.
2. If it wants to install an ActiveX component ALLOW it
3. You will be asked to install an ActiveX, click the "Install" button (Note: If you have a Firewall install you may have to approve the installation)
4. Once ActiveX control is installed click on the "Start" button to initialize the scanner
5. After initialization is complete uncheck\untick "Remove found threats"
6. Check\tick "Scan unwanted applications"
7. Click the "Scan" button
8. Once the scan is done, you will find a log in C:\Program Files\esetonlinescanner\log.txt
Post ESET's log.

2. Download SUPERAntiSpyware Free for Home Users:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Print these instructions out.

* Double-click SUPERAntiSpyware.exe and use the default settings for installation.
* An icon will be created on your desktop. Double-click that icon to launch the program.
* If asked to update the program definitions, click "Yes". If not, update the definitions before scanning by selecting "Check for Updates". (If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download and unzip them from here: http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html.)
* Close SUPERAntiSpyware.

Restart computer in Safe Mode.
To enter Safe Mode, restart computer, and keep tapping F8 key, until menu appears; pick Safe Mode; you'll see "Safe Mode" in all four corners of your screen

* Open SUPERAntiSpyware.
* Under "Configuration and Preferences", click the Preferences button.
* Click the Scanning Control tab.
* Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked (leave all others unchecked):
o Close browsers before scanning.
o Scan for tracking cookies.
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
* Click the "Close" button to leave the control center screen.
* Back on the main screen, under "Scan for Harmful Software" click Scan your computer.
* On the left, make sure you check C:\Fixed Drive.
* On the right, under "Complete Scan", choose Perform Complete Scan.
* Click "Next" to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your computer.
* After the scan is complete, a Scan Summary box will appear with potentially harmful items that were detected. Click "OK".
* Make sure everything has a checkmark next to it and click "Next".
* A notification will appear that "Quarantine and Removal is Complete". Click "OK" and then click the "Finish" button to return to the main menu.
* If asked if you want to reboot, click "Yes".
* To retrieve the removal information after reboot, launch SUPERAntispyware again.
o Click Preferences, then click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o If there are several logs, click the current dated log and press View log. A text file will open in your default text editor.
o Please copy and paste the Scan Log results in your next reply with a new HijackThis log.
* Click Close to exit the program.
Post SUPERAntiSpyware log.

3. Download HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
Post HijackThis log.Hello Broni!

Thanks so much for your help! I have only used the ESET scanner so far and it seems to have cleaned up my computer a fair bit. It even shut down on it's own, with out me having to unplug! I GOT a wee bit giddy for a moment, but quickly came back to the reality that my computer is a mess.
My ESET log was to large for this so I sent it to you. I hope that's okay. I think it would have been WAY too much to post it's self and not as an attached file. After all it did say I had 2353 threats....oops that certainly is alot isn't it?

Anyways cheers!

ChloeQuote

so I sent it to you

XP desk top computer won't boot. Upon turning machine on, only a black screen appears with seven "characters" of: a backward 'f', square happy face, heart, cap letter 'A', lower case 'f', a comma, and what looks like a bell or a Christmas tree, and then a blinking cursor. Hit enter or any other KEY, and all that happens is a repeat of this line of characters.

Cannot reach safe mode, not even by repeatedly pressing F8 with power turn-on. I can get to F1, F6 (I think I recall), and F10, but none of these keys appear to be the ones to lead me to be able to load the XP desktop.

This is my MOTHER's (82 YEARS) computer, purchased three months ago. I am troubleshooting this from my computer, as I can't reach this forum from her machine! We had additional hard drive memory and ram installed upon purchase and it was performing (reasonably) okay until this.

NOTE: Day before this problem, I attempted to install a Linksys (Cisco) WPC54G wireless-G notebook adaptor 6 to my father's 5 to 6-year-old Sony Vaio laptop so he could get Internet and e-mail VIA the modem on my mother's machine. I ran into all sorts of problems, it is still not working. This attempted, failed installation could be a coincidence of timing, or maybe part of the problem?

What is this line of characters? A system crash, a virus? I am so frustrated. Also, I see now that this computer did not come with rescue disks (arrggh). Any ideas, please?
Lisa B. Quote

purchased three months ago

Im stuck at school... ever since the begining of the year my login hasnt been WORKING properly.. all my files have been deleted and i am, appearantly, not logging ONTO the schools server, so all my programs like AR reader, MS-word, etc. are missing. I opened MS dos ONCE to look at what it says, and they accused me of breaking it, even though it was didnt work BEFORE i opened it... I need to fix it and proove myself innocent, but how?

Oh and also when i opened MS dos it said i was logged into .../elementry/... and im in JR high... i SUSPECT this might be the reason why, but may be just extra information.

Thanks
~SimitraContact the IT Admin and have him re-SET your password...not even the "geinus" that runns all the servers can figure out what they claim i did
Well i'm sure you could understand why we might be reluctant to assist...Quote from: patio on December 18, 2007, 06:45:04 AM

Well i'm sure you could understand why we might be reluctant to assist...

would it help if i knew the administrators password?

Hello,

I am having a problem with my HP Pavillion laptop. It won't boot and every time I boot I GET this page that says, "Click on the Last Known Good Configuration" and when I do that, windows starts up, it looks like it is going to work and then I get the page again. It's been doing this for weeks.


I ultimately just to erase the hard drive and sell the computer. I don't need a back up.

Does anyone have any suggestions about the best way to wipe the hard drive under this condition so I can sell it?

Thank you!
I swear by this program:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

It is amazing and will completely wipe the drive and make the data unrecoverable. You can download an ISO from the site. It will make a BOOTABLE disk, boot to it and follow the on screen instructions. One other tinhing about selling the laptop is that you could PROBABLY sell it for more if you had a "new and clean" OS on it. Now I know some HP's have a recovery partition if you every want to reinstall the OS and others come with disks. Keep in mind if you use the Boot and Nuke tool it will also erase the recovery partition. If you don't have any really sensitive material on the laptop and you reinstall the OS using the recovery partition I would recommend you just reinstall the OS and FORMAT the drive during the install which effectively erases it, but the data could be recovered if someone REALLY wanted too, and would require quite a bit of SKILL and technical knowledge. But in the end its up to you.

Have a happy holidays.

I edited a word file that came attached to an email, then closed it and it said it was being saved. When I went back to the email the attachment was unchanged. Can you tell me where it woujld be saved. I can't find it in My Documents. Thanks..KenSearch for:
*.docWhen you open up a document in Outlook or Outlook express it saves the file to a temporary file location. The chances are you saved back to this temporary file, and all you need to do is located the file. Doing a search for "*.doc" will turn up every word document you have on your system. That might be a little bit of a pain to sort through, so try this first bit you can always fall back on the "*.doc" search if you need to. Go to Start and then click run, past this into the run comand box, "C:\Documents and Settings\{YOUR USER NAME}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK241". To find your user name go to Start, My COMPUTER, Local C DRIVE, Documents and Settings, and there should be a few folders there, the one with your exact user name should be obvious to you and that is what goes in as your user name. A window will then appear with all the word documents you have opened with outlook express and then find the one you saved the CHANGES to and open it and save it to SOMEWHERE else more ACCESSABLE i.e. My Documents.

Let us know if this helps. Have a great holidays.

when i tried to open the drive c in my Computer.it won't open and it says that the copy.exe can't found.make sure you are opening the right folder...

help plz can yuo please be more specific computer specs, brand, model. What are you trying to do exatly?Very likely an infection...

1. Run free online scan at: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
The Housecall log is saved to C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\.housecall\log\
Post HouseCall log.

2. Download and scan with SUPERAntiSpyware Free for Home Users:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Print these instructions out.

SUPERAntiSpyware should be run in Safe Mode.
To enter Safe Mode, restart computer, and keep tapping F8 key, until menu appears; pick Safe Mode; you'll see "Safe Mode" in all four corners of your screen

* Double-click SUPERAntiSpyware.exe and use the DEFAULT settings for installation.
* An icon will be created on your desktop. Double-click that icon to launch the program.
* If asked to update the program definitions, click "Yes". If not, update the definitions before scanning by SELECTING "Check for Updates". (If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download and unzip them from here: http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html.)
* Under "CONFIGURATION and Preferences", click the Preferences button.
* Click the Scanning Control tab.
* Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked (leave all others unchecked):
o Close browsers before scanning.
o Scan for tracking cookies.
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
* Click the "Close" button to leave the control center screen.
* Back on the main screen, under "Scan for Harmful Software" click Scan your computer.
* On the left, make sure you check C:\Fixed Drive.
* On the right, under "Complete Scan", choose Perform Complete Scan.
* Click "Next" to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your computer.
* After the scan is complete, a Scan Summary box will appear with potentially harmful items that were DETECTED. Click "OK".
* Make sure everything has a checkmark next to it and click "Next".
* A notification will appear that "Quarantine and Removal is Complete". Click "OK" and then click the "Finish" button to return to the main menu.
* If asked if you want to reboot, click "Yes".
* To retrieve the removal information after reboot, launch SUPERAntispyware again.
o Click Preferences, then click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o If there are SEVERAL logs, click the current dated log and press View log. A text file will open in your default text editor.
o Please copy and paste the Scan Log results in your next reply with a new HijackThis log.
* Click Close to exit the program.
Post SUPERAntiSpyware log.

3. Download HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
Post HijackThis log.Broni is very right. Follow the instructions and post the peopts so we can look at them.

Happy holidays.

Hello,
I need help with problems encountered while saving e-mail messages from Hotmail.
I save important e-mail message to "My Documents" then I cannot open them. This pop up bar opens at top of page and says "To help PROTECT your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running Scripts or Active X controls that could access your computer. Then when I click on the tab in another window which allows me to over-ride this warning to "view content" and allow scripting and Active X controls it doesn't work. A warning pops up saying "Cannot Open" please ensure that internet connection is correct or path to file is correct, something to that effect.

Can anyone assist me to rectify this problem, sounds like I have something enabled maybe in the security section of Internet Exporer, that I don't want enabled that is preventing me from opening my saved e-mail messages. I didn't have this problem a few days ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated, frustrated. Merry X-mas to all and Happy New Year 2008!
Cheers,
AndyHi Andy. How are you saving these e-mails from IE7? Just saving the whole webpage? If that's the case, they won't open properly from the computer when you try.

Here are some things you could try:

1) Copy the text of the mail and save it into a Word or Text document, then giving it an appropriate title.

2) Use POP3 with Outlook or another e-mail client of your choosing. Unfortunately, Hotmail no longer supports this for free, but Gmail does. This is one of the reasons I changed from Hotmail to Gmail.Hi,
THANKS for your help I wasn't aware that this event occurred with Hotmail. I'll give the G-mail thing a try and also try copying the content of the message from now on and saving it in a word doc like you said and see if that works.
I'll let you know thanks again.
Cheers,
Andy Quaxo beat me to the puch, but yes hotmail nologer supports this feature for free. Give g-mail a try it is amazing, I think you will like it.

Have a happy holidays.Gmail works very nicely with Outlook Express or Outlook. There are other mail clients out there if you don't like either of these.

Gmail can also be checked from any browser when you're away from your home computer, any phone or other handheld device that supports POP mail (like PDAs), and you also get a massive amount of storage space (5GB) so you can keep a good archive online should you ever lose your emails from your computer.

HotPOP.com also OFFERS free POP service, and they're currently beta testing webmail access.Hey all,
Thanks for the TIPS, I registered with G-Mail and saved messages the way you suggested ands it works fine! thanks once again everyone much appreciated. However I couldn't recover the earlier saved docs, so I deleted them, no way to re-open them at all.
Have a great holiday everyone!
Cheers,
AndyIf you've got mails in your Hotmail account you'd like to keep, you can forward them to your new Gmail account, then they will download and can be saved through Outlook (or whatever you're using).

hi, I Just reinstall my fathers' Dell Computer and after I put Gothic 3 and put the patch in... including windows update, it still saying "Windows virtual memory minimum too low" . He has a pentium 4 cpu 3.00 ghz 504 Ram

service pack 2

he also has a ATI Radeon x1300.

I use Spyware doctor and hijackthis.

He also told me only when he has Gothic 3 on this happens... "Windows virtual memory minimum too low".

This has never happen, I have the same programs on. The only new program That I do have is the Spyware doctor.

I hope that help and thanks .

SpiderIf you have Windows XP, here's where you can change the virtual memory:

Open your control panel, and open "System" (or give a RIGHT click on "My Computer" on your desktop, and select "Properties".

Click on the "Advanced" tab.

There you see "Performance" with a "Settings" button. Click that button.
Now the "Performance OPTIONS" window will open.
Click on the "Advanced" tab. There you'll see "Virtual memory" with a change button. Click that button.

Now BEFORE you change anything, please post back here with the amounts that are currently used.Set both upper and lower values to 768Mg.

Save the changes and Exit.

p.s. It may be the vid card lacking for that game...check the game minimums...He has XP Home, sorry about that!
I look at his specs and when I saw 504 Ram it didn't look right.... He should have 512 Ram but it says 504 Ram.

his PCI card now which I can't believe that my fathers' using for game performance is insane. He dosn't have a AGP Controler is 256MB.

The paging file size is:
Initial Size (mb) 756
Maximum size (mb) 1512

I'm going to reset the ram and see what happens first... if nothing happens... I GUESS I'll test the ram.

what do you think???

let me KNOW!

thanks spider.

They have some patch here:
http://support.aspyr.com/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&id=448
which, AMONG other fixes:
Quote

fixes an issue where trying to save a game would
crash/hang the program with a memory related errormessage