Icon Appeared In Tool Bar
Apr 20, 2007Suddenly an Icon in mt toolbar has appeared which says Real Message Centre. Right mouse click on it and it says Read Messages. Click on it but nothing happens.
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Shutdown Log Icon Appeared On Desktop?
Apr 14, 2006I just found an icon of a notepad that appeared on my desktop and when i doubleclick it, it opens and this is what the document says
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May 19, 2006I installed the software for a HP DeskJet 5940 photo printer that I purchased. Afterwards, a "Safely remove hardware" icon appeared in the taskbar. None of the startup entries for the new printer are running in the background, so I don't know how to get rid of it.
1. Right-click within the notification area, and then click Properties.
2. On the Taskbar tab, click Customize.
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Clicking Hard Drive Icon Opens Search Tool
Dec 23, 2007OS is windows XP home. In my computer folder I doubleclick on the (C hard drive, but it doesn't open like a folder but as a search tool. I have to right click and choose open from the menu to "open like a folder".I accidentally was doing something weird in the control panel>folder properties(not sure if its called folder properties in the english xp).And now I would want it again to open like a folder, but I just don't know how.
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May 5, 2008I screwed up and clicked something while trying to change desktop icon. Some message opened and said I'd have to allow something to happen so without thinking I stupidly allowed it. Now almost all my folders have this annoying blue task bar running down the left side of the folders. It's a royal pain, takes up space on the page and I can't seem to find how to undo the damn thing.
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Jun 28, 2005my "Fonts" folder just appeared in the "my computer" part of my pc (windowsxp home edition) and i don't know how it got there, it was maybe after i defraged my system but not sure, nothing is coming up in the context menu when i right click it except explore and create shortcut and it is classed as a system folder even tho i still have the proper fonts folder under control panel and in my "windows" folder i can't get rid of it. i don't want it there coz i never put it there this probably sounds stupid but it is really annoying me because i like to be in control of my computer
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Feb 1, 2009A new account -ASP.NET MACHINE A has suddenly appeared on my computer - it is password protected. Can anyone tell me what it is? Can I delete it safely if so how?
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Aug 26, 2008When I was about to use Norton Speed Disk to defrag, I noticed about 4 Gigs of "unmovable" file space allocated at the end of my C disk which was not there twenty four hours ago. The same space on the disk is listed as "Allocated" by Auslogics Defrag program. I defrag about every other day so I know it wasn't there before. The only major change I've made recently was to install SP3. But I also installed SP3 on my laptop and have noticed no such evidence of any file that huge listed as "unmovable" by Speed Disk or "Allocated" by Auslogics Defrag program like I have on my desktop. Another interesting thing is that when booted in Safe Mode that file does not appear in the disk usage graphics for those two defrag programs. And, in Safe Mode, my "free space" is increased by about 4 Gigs compared when booted normally. This huge file only appears when booted normally. Maybe you might think that with hard drives so huge these days I should just not worry about it. The computer seems to be running okay. But it bothers me to have this huge file, or whatever it is, just suddenly appear and take up so much space. Can anybody help me figure out what this is and get rid of it?
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Mar 31, 2007I have read that ctfmon is connected to Microsoft Office applications. I do not have any Office apps installed on my PC however, Seemingly from out of nowhere ctfmon.exe has appeared on my startup list and as many times as i have unchecked it from starting, the next time Windows starts and i run mconfig.THERE IS AGAIN.Is this causing any harm? Could it be some kind of virus or spyware or malware? Should I just leave it alone and let it startup with Windows or should I remove it from my system so it cannot return to startup.If I should get rid of it PLEASE TELL ME HOW I CAN REMOVE IT SAFELY. I would prefer to remove it if I can because I don't like the idea of an uneccesary process running in the background on my system.
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Jul 6, 2007there are 2 icons appeared in my desktop when I tried to delete them, they will be deleted but then appeared back again in my desktop. When I'm using the internet the content of that icon will just be automatically opened in different tab without clicking it and just pops multiple times after being closed. How can I remove these 2 icons. The name of the 2 icons are the same in Tagalog, it says 10 sampung utos ng manginginom and then when it opens up on the very top where the blue thing is, it says Destrukto & in the address or information bar it says C:\WINDOWSsystem32destrukto.html.
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May 2, 2006A friend of mine recently purchased a pc-cant remember the make i can easy find out tho-it worked fine for a week or so then apparently out of the blue a thin vertical line has appeared down his desktop-funny thing is it only appears on his desktop-if he is browsing the web he cant see it
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May 20, 2006Every so often I check around and make sure everything is as it should be. A few days ago I discovered a new user account on my computer called ASP.net. When I googled it , it told me it came from Microsoft. If they have a user account on my machine don't they have acess to everything on my computer? I seem to remember downloading Update so maybe it came from that. I deleted the account right away anyway
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Oct 27, 2008some of the icons on my Windows XP desktop suddenly have little colored symbols on them? For example, some of my Word icons on the desktop now have a green checkmark; one has a red exclamation point. A PDF icon also has a green checkmark. This just now started...is it relative to an automatic update?
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Sep 13, 2010I checked my Recycle Bin for another reason and was startled to find that I had 195 BAK files in that bin that had not been there the day before. In fact I've never had BAK files appear in my Recycle Bin before. What happened and is it safe to delete them
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Sep 27, 2006Normally there is only one account on my computer. But I see something added a second one. What is it and why is it there? I did a scan for adware / viruses and I removed / fixed everything I found. Look here
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Jan 26, 2006in my "C" drive folder entitled "Oscar" and when I open it all it say's inside is "Oscar Was Here" Now who the heck is Oscar and what is this, have I been hacked at?
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Oct 18, 2006I have Windows XP Pro SP2 installed and I messed it up.I tried doing loads of stuff and I had to repair the master boot record and boot.ini file.Then when I booted on xp, the blue screen appared.I checked my hardware and did loads of tests but didn't find much problems and I if I did, I didn't understand them.For example I had test problems with my parallel ports and serial ports and the System Stress Test failed in RAM Memory.Anyway, I desided to use the repair installation on my CD Windows XP Pro SP1. But each time it arrived at "installing hardware", it failed and just stoped. tried a few times but it kept stoping. And now the repair doesn't even start... all I see is the mouse.
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Oct 16, 2006Evidently Teen went to porn site and somehow a black ball with a yellow x has appeared on taskbar and something about Win Anti Virus Pro 2006 free install, cannot delete, access denied.Porn windows replicating when opening XP.
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Apr 7, 2010Today I copied a large folder containing multiple Access databases, Excel workbooks, Word docs, etc. to a totally blank jump drive like I have done 100s of times before. But for the first time in my 'computer life', which started in 1980(!), a file appeared on it with the name EA DATA.SF. Googling the file told me that it was a system file and had something to do with Extended Attributes (whatever that is). But the file is protected; attempts to delete it, even using the command prompt and first removing all attributes (attrib -h -s -r ea*.sf) does not allow it to be deleted.
The Google search showed many cases like this, but none where there was a clear, easy way to delete the file. My questions are:What is this file for/what does it do? Why am I seeing it for the first time in 30 years? How can I delete it. or SHOULD I delete it?
Strange Folder Appeared On Desktop - Sub-folders Are Empty.
Sep 17, 2005I have noticed a folder on my desktop titled %systemdrive% All the sub-folders are empty.
Would it be safe to delete it? I know it has something to do with the operating system.
I am running Windows XP
Strange Window Appeared While Attempting To Download Lab Methods
Aug 2, 2005I was attempting to download lab methods from NC State Lab and athis appeared Explorer user prompt. Script Prompt enterpassword I have no clue what this is.
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Dec 24, 2005I was browsing the internet and suddenly my internet stopped receiving packets and wouldn't work at all. So I restarted my computer and then as soon as I connected, ZoneAlarm appeared with a message saying:
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Unknown Passwords Have Appeared On User And Admin Accounts
Feb 18, 2008Yesterday I started up the desktop PC (a Dell Dimension 8400 Series), to find that a password had spontaneously appeared on the sole User account.I attempted a Safe Mode start to try and log in as the Admin (also previously unpassworded), in order to reset the User password, only to be faced with another password that hadn't been there previously.I have never put any passwords on either the User or Admin accounts, and these new passwords have seemingly come out of nowhere.
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Oct 13, 2005Not sure what brought this on but today when I did a reboot to get reconnected to my network, the f8 boot option screen appeared. I selected 'normal' which failed ending back at the boot option screen. However, I can boot in safe mode (or safe with networking). I have tried eliminating things by using msconfig but I have not had any luck. One clue may be that while booting, the MS logo screen appears as normal for about 15 seconds and then I see a blue screen flash just for an instant. I have only managed to read the word 'detected' on it. System immedietly goes to blank screen and does a hdw boot. Boot never gets to the GUI interface. Is there some way to stop the system when an error is detected or a way to log errors? Am I correct in assuming that a hardware problem is not too likely if system runs in safe mode?
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Sep 12, 2007I was about to change the wallpaper on my desktop and noticed that there were dozens of photos that have appeared in the select list that I never selected before. These are spread over many folders, so I thought I would do a browse from the menu, to find out where they were as I have used search to find them unsuccessfully
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Aug 28, 2007I was wondering how to fix this problem, the icon for internet explorer in the start menu shows up as an unknown file icon. The icon on the desktop for IE shows fine but when i try to click on it, it creates a shortcut for internet explorer. if click on IE from the start menu, it opens IE with no problems.
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