why my computer takes up to five minutes to start, slow to upload(dsl connection) and sometimes it even shuts off by itself it is very sluggish Inspiron 4150 with 256ram Do I have a virus or is the computer overburdened? I do not know enough to even know where to start
View 12 RepliesHey this is just a warning to all u ppl wit XP SP 2. i dont know if this was posted already, but DON'T!!! do a system restore if ur comp has sp2 installed on it - it messes up ur comp and then teh help line doesnt always work
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI have windows me I have cable hook up my computer is so slow I don't even know where to start. I have norton anti viru when I turn my computer on it takes forever to start up.I always have to get repair for my Internet connection to work right. When I open outlook express and get my e-mail everything is ok then but when I close I get and error message from msn if this keeps happening restart your computer I don't ever want to restart takes forever to come up. I do have my connection with insight to come on when I start my computer should I stop that and connect after I turn on my computer. And also I keep getting norton stopping tnall4c something like that why does this keep coming on my computer.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have spybot, Ad-Aware SE, a2 squard, Norton antiVirus, CW Shredder and Just Downloaded
Spyware Doctor. All updated. Ran all and none of them found anything except Ad Aware found Data Miners and tracking cookies. Got rid of them. Then I ranSpyware Doctor and it came up with these.
HKLMsoftwareclasses
unmsc.loader.1
HKLMsoftwareclasses
unmsc.loader
Can I just delete them and not mess up anything else? Why didnt anything else find them?Windows XP Pro - SP 2 - IE 6
My wife told me today, "The computer in my classroom has so many more cute fonts than ours at home."Seeing that as a challenge, I went online, found hundreds of fonts, installed them all on the computer, and made her happy.Since then I have noticed that some website's fonts don't appear right in Firefox or IE6. For example, the subject headings at joystiq.com are a smaller, scraggly, hard to read font now. Cross checking on my laptop, the fonts look perfect there.So how can I determine which font that I installed was the one to mess up my browsers?
View 21 Replies View RelatedWhen I try to add Fax Services as an XP Home SP 2 windows component in the add/remove control panel, I get a prompt for file fxsapi.dll. I can see the file in :WindowsService Pack Filesi386 but this setup routine says it can't find it even when I point it to it. After I hit retry many times I try the other solution it asks for- which is to insert the windows xp home service pack 2 CD-ROM. I do that and it says it can't find the file on the CD either. I've also tried removing MSN and it says it can't find certain files to remove MSN either. What is corrupted? Service Pack 2? I have 3 other XP computers and never had this problem before
View 1 Replies View RelatedI wanted to protect my documents on my laptop with a password, and I used ''the easy way'' of protecting it from within my XP user account (I used the built in documents password protection, found in the account mangement menu in the control panel). everything was fine until I've restarted the computer. I got (and still getting) the following message: ''The system could not log you on.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI went out of town for 2 weeks, came home and my pc is acting really strange. I've been getting tons of pop-ups, to the point my computer freezes and i must restart. Not only that but it randomly reboots itself even when not being used. Also, when i go to delete files now, the file does NOT go into the recycle bin. I looked at the settings and there is no check mark next to the "do not move files into recycle bin". My BF said he had been downloading things so I figured maybe its a virus or something. I ran Nortons... nothing. Ran AVG... nothing. A friend told me it sounded like spyware so he told me to run Adaware & Spybot. Did that, found a ton of stuff. But when i retarted the pc, it wanted to start in "safe mode". I noticed that most of these pop ups are (search miracle ??) Found info that its a trojan, but i dont know. . I dont know what to do, totally computer illiterate.
View 14 Replies View RelatedIs there any way to access the bios of a computer with another computer, via a direct link or a router? I am sure that the bios have been affected and attempts to boot from either a floppy or cd get ignored in the loading process and the bios canot find the module to activate the periferal devices ie: keyboard, mouse, usb ports. I am at a total loss of how to do this.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy computer freezes randomly and a message pops up, (this computer is not responding) WHY?
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy computer has been running slow and I just did a quick virus scan and I seem to have a 8 trojan horses or something
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have alot of problems with my computer i have alot of pop ups coming up...when i click to get into my computer or into pictures my documents it won't open it just clears everything...when i am on the internet i get redirected to pages that have nothing to do with what i tried to open. i also have a smss.exe opening everytime i turn on the computer and also services.exe
View 1 Replies View Relatedi want to free up space but dont know how, i tried disk clean-up, ccleaner and still not that many space was freeup up also i want my computer to be alot faster because lately its bein very slow.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIt appears CNET performs an excellent service to computer users and their desire is to assist individuals acquire computer knowledge.Unfortunately at 63, such input simply is beyond my understanding. I enroll in a class but upon receipt, the printed directions doesn't do/perform as expected. I note your address is changing--I attempted to add the new address to the address folder but my computer will not accept the @ symbol. My question--Is there real basic material to assist one become better acquainted & understand the system?
View 9 Replies View Relatedwell computer has 2000 pro, been acting really slow lately, opening programs etc, lost of useless programs installed i think, tried adaware and spybot,
View 2 Replies View Relatedmy computer freezes sometimes. i get webpages not responding.its IE7 have i been hijacked or something
View 3 Replies View RelatedIn recent weeks the computer screen keeps freezing with the cursor being replaced by the hour glass symbol. This usually happens after several hours computer usage - but sometimes it occurs soon after the computer is turned on.When this happens, I am unable to log off; the computer on/off button does not work when the screen freezes and I have to turn the computer off at the mains.In order to be able to log back into my broadband internet connection I have to turn the computer and and off twice and then on again Sometimes when the computer screen image freezes a message box appears always saying "End programme" (i.e. "End programme - CiceroUIWndFrame" or "End programme - mixer").
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have been unable to use Norton Virus scan because before the scan completes, the computer shuts off and the indicator light turns orange like it is in hibernate mode. I have to physically disconnect the power for five seconds to reboot. Is there a way to scan the computer for viruses or remove a particular virus that may be causing this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have purchased a new computer to replace my old one(both are running Windows XP Home) and want to know if Windows XP has a way to transfer all of my files and folders directly to the new PC and also I need to remove everything from my old computer except for the Windows XP Operating system (don't want to leave any personal information in the system) before I either give this to a relative to use or donate it.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedMy computer is really slow and want to know what I can do to make it faster. I ran virus and spyware scan and it's free from all that
View 6 Replies View RelatedIm extremely frustrated, computer keeps freezing not sure why. The freezing occurs randomly sometimes it occurs just after startup while other times i can play a game for a few hours before it freezes. Ive been in a repair shop a couple times and they havent solved the problem despite replacing the mother board and power supply. They also reformated the computer and still get the freezing problem. Also when it freezes i turn the power switch off on the back and then i get a noise from the speakers that sounds like someone tapping on a the desk. How can i discover the problem?
View 10 Replies View RelatedHow does one begin troubleshooting an application that appears to install correctly but fails to start in Windows XP ?I am trying to install the same application on two nearly identical Windows XP workstations. The application (Maxon NET render) installs and runs fine on computer A. On computer B, however, after the application appears to install without error it simply does not start. Clicking the application shortcuts or the executable itself causes the computer to think for a moment, the mouse icon turns into a spinning hourglass for a few seconds, then nothing happens.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am building a new PC for my in-laws. However they are giving me their old PC, which I will be using to install Linux on and use as a learning tool for myself.The problem comes in that they would like to use their XP Home license on the new machine. The old machine is a Compaq, and Compaq only supplies rescue disks.not an actual XP disk.Is there anyway for me to get their legally owned copy of XP onto their new machine without them having a store bought XP Home disk? I do have access to a XP Home disk, is it possible to do the install with that, and just enter their Product Key, or will that be recognized as an incorrect Product Key?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to move my bookmarks from my old computer with windows 98 to windows XP. I use Netscape as my browser. I got the information copied to a floppy, but need help.I have not been able to find the new equivelant to windows explorer.
View 5 Replies View RelatedCondition is like that i want to move the data like document,file, music and movie to another computer. and then i hope the location was similar as where i placed before.
View 4 Replies View RelatedTransfer files from old computer (Win 2000) to new computer (Win XP) thru a crosslink cable? I just don't know how to do all the settings in both Windows to make both computers to connect with each other and to do the file transferring.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm not sure what is relevant to tell you. My 7 year old laptop seems to be going slower and slower over the last couple of months. I got broadband a couple of months ago. I assumed I had spyware but windows defender full scan (and lavasoft also) found nothing wrong. I did a full scan with AVG for viruses, nothing. I'll attach the hijack thing after this. AVG and windows defender are on automatic update, as is windows
View 14 Replies View RelatedI encrypted a folder with Windows encryption. This was on an old computer and it is now dead; motherboard is fried, hard drives are still fine though. I have a new computer now, with much newer, but similar hardware.I have the old hard drives in my new machine, so I can access all my old files, but I cant get into the encrypted folder, obviously. There isn't anything wrong with the Windows install, it's still there and I'd be able to boot into I if it was on the old hardware, but I'm not.What I want to do is boot into my old XP install on my new hardware to recover these encrypted files. I've tried booting already, but it either bluescreens and restarts before starting windows, or it just restarts without a bluescreen. The hardware is just too different.
I was wondering if theres any way I can sweep my computer after someone else has used it?, does anyone else here do this? , I'm not worried about the other user intentionally installing nasties on my computer, It's just that a lot of other users are very blase about what they download, what sites they visit and what emails they open. I'm thinking of doing a system restore, would this get rid of any nasties or am I just being paranoid?
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