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agisoec @ 03-14-10 18:51
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GIGA_Hurtz @ 03-14-10 18:31
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fallout-07 @ 03-14-10 18:13
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fallout-07 @ 03-14-10 18:10
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BogdanSin @ 03-14-10 15:51
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oraclepc @ 03-14-10 14:38
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Msner @ 03-14-10 14:29
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Yar @ 03-14-10 10:43
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» UMAX ASTRA 1200L SCANNER SOFTWARE
Posted by agisoec - 03-14-10 18:51 - 0 comments
I bought a UMAX ASTRA 1220L scanner at an auction, but no installation disk. I guess it's an 1220 "L"; on the label the "L" looks like an "|". Actually, with a closer look, it might be a "U". It won't install to Windows XP Pro SP2 and the wizard can't find the installation software on a net search.

Anybody have an idea where I couldget/purchase and installation disk??

Thanks, AGISOEC
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» CPU fan not spinning
Posted by GIGA_Hurtz - 03-14-10 18:31 - 0 comments
Hello,

I am helping troubleshoot a friends PC and am kinda stuck. I've looked around a lot online and couldn't seem to find anything exactly like my problem, found a lot close but no cigars.

Now the problem is, the CPU fan is not spinning and there are no visuals (no bios or boot up or anything). Everything else on the computer runs though (from what i can hear and visually see). The fans on the case and power supply are spinning. The Hard drive and CD/DVD drive are working. The Graphics card powers up and its fan spins. I have checked all the power supply connectors with my digital multimeter and they are all fine and within the correct ranges. He did not add anything new or replaced anything recently.

So the conclusion i came to is either the CPU or Motherboard. I wanna say its the motherboard because the fan for the CPU would continue to run even if it was broken, right?

This is why i have come here, Please provide your input

thanks
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» Virus Proctector
Posted by fallout-07 - 03-14-10 18:13 - 0 comments
So my sister got a virus on her computer. It comes up as "Virus Protector" and wont let us go anywhere else. It comes up when we enter through safe mode EXCEPT in the command prompt mode. Anyone heard of this virus, and if so, how to remove it?? huh3.gif
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» Howdy all
Posted by fallout-07 - 03-14-10 18:10 - 0 comments
Been in the computer game since I was 14, now twenty so I know quite a bit about computers tongue3.gif happy I found a place with like minded people!
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» Can't open folder.
Posted by BogdanSin - 03-14-10 15:51 - 0 comments
Never experienced this before, and I haven't come up with anything useful searching google.

I have 4 folders on my external harddrive, 3 of the 4 open, but one does not. I've searched for files that I knew were in that folder and I could open them that way, so I'm relieved to know that my files are still intact. Any help would be appreciated.
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» System recovery without disc?
Posted by oraclepc - 03-14-10 14:38 - 1 comments
Hello all, it's good to be back here again. biggrin3.gif

Anywhoo, I'm having an issue with my mothers computer. The origin of the issue is my fault. I installed Windows XP on a HP Pavilion a1730n, a PC that I later found out is only truly capable of running Vista.

I found this out when I tried to install the sound driver. I was reading the system requirements, and saw that the driver was only compatible with Windows Vista.


SO HERE IS THE MAIN SOLUTION/PROBLEM:

I want to do the recovery, and restore it back to Vista, so everything will work as it should. Thankfully, when I installed XP on the computer, I left the recovery partition alone on the hard drive. However when I press F11 on the start up screen, it just skips right to the XP loading screen.

To answer a question you're probably thinking about asking: No I do not have the recovery disc, and I would rather not pay $15 to HP for a new one, and wait for it to arrive (well my mother doesn't want to wait).

1) Does the recovery partition still contain data for the original settings?

2) If yes, then how do I access it and recover the computer back to the original Vista settings?

I appreciate the help in advance. smile2.gif
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» Pc Freezing
Posted by Msner - 03-14-10 14:29 - 0 comments
Hi ,

My Computer Few Days Ago Started Freezing And I Must Always Reboot , The Mouse And Keyboard Freezes , While The Fan Is Still On , And The Cd Rom Opens Normally .( I Formated It 2 Times And The Problem Stayed ) After I Rebooted I Went To Computer's System Events And Saw This (Comp Freezed At 10:19)

Event Type: Error
Event Source: HECI
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3
Date: 3/14/2010
Time: 10:19:42 PM
User: N/A
Description:
HECI driver has failed to perform handshake with the Firmware.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 52 00 ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 03 00 07 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Any Solutions ??
Thx..
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» Monitor refuses to detect my Video card?
Posted by Yar - 03-14-10 10:43 - 1 comments
My Monitor:Samsung Syncmaster 24 inch widecreen

I have a new problem...my monitor refuses to detect my Winfast 9400GT 1024MB!The computer just wont start up and the monitorn says "Check Digital Signal"(It said the same thing before but it was gone as soon as I started my PC).I tried reconnecting everything I could but didn't help.
Right now I am using my old nVidia 6200GT LE(My backup card) which I switched to to check.As soon as I wanted to switch back,it started happening.
Help anyone?
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» Rythmic Lag spikes in games attributed to CPU usage?
Posted by Ash the Phantom - 03-14-10 10:31 - 0 comments
While playing an online game, Cabal Online, I'm noticing rythmic spikes of slowdowns and lag which I think are attributed to certain processes taking up CPU and making CPU usage spike up and down. I know my computer's specs are capable of playing the game, I never had any lag issues 2 months prior to these issues, but now they started randomly and aren't letting up. My Graphics card is a GeForce 8400 GS, for PCI computers, I have 2 Gigs of Ram and a Intel Celeron processor with 2.4 Ghz.

The strangest thing is, it seems to ease up when I have Mozilla Firefox running in the background. These are my open processes as I have them while playing the game normally, as taken from Process Explorer.

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Process    PID    CPU    Description    Company Name
System Idle Process    0    60.61        
Interrupts    n/a        Hardware Interrupts    
DPCs    n/a        Deferred Procedure Calls    
System    4            
  smss.exe    628        Windows NT Session Manager    Microsoft Corporation
   csrss.exe    668        Client Server Runtime Process    Microsoft Corporation
   winlogon.exe    692        Windows NT Logon Application    Microsoft Corporation
    services.exe    736    7.58    Services and Controller app    Microsoft Corporation
     CLPSLS.exe    904        COMODO livePCsupport Service    COMODO
     nvsvc32.exe    936        NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 191.07    NVIDIA Corporation
     svchost.exe    1000        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    1084        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     cmdagent.exe    1180        COMODO Internet Security    COMODO
     svchost.exe    1220        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    1352        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    1476        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    1624        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     spoolsv.exe    1952        Spooler SubSystem App    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    1860        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     AppleMobileDeviceService.exe    1908        Apple Mobile Device Service    Apple Inc.
     avgwdsvc.exe    1980        AVG Watchdog Service    AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
      avgnsx.exe    1592        AVG Network scanner Service    AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
     mDNSResponder.exe    2044        Bonjour Service    Apple Inc.
     jqs.exe    220        Java(TM) Quick Starter Service    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
     hpzipm12.exe    1124        PML Driver    HP
     SeaPort.exe    1156        Microsoft SeaPort Search Enhancement Broker    Microsoft Corporation
     svchost.exe    2152    3.03    Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    Microsoft Corporation
     ViewpointService.exe    2236        ViewMgr    Viewpoint Corporation
     alg.exe    2912        Application Layer Gateway Service    Microsoft Corporation
    lsass.exe    748        LSA Shell (Export Version)    Microsoft Corporation
    avgchsvx.exe    1388        AVG Cache Server    AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
    avgrsx.exe    1396        AVG Resident Shield Service    AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
     avgcsrvx.exe    1672        AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part    AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
    taskmgr.exe    264        Windows TaskManager    Microsoft Corporation
explorer.exe    712        Windows Explorer    Microsoft Corporation
firefox.exe    2584    6.06    Firefox    Mozilla Corporation
notepad.exe    3228        Notepad    Microsoft Corporation
procexp.exe    3368    3.03    Sysinternals Process Explorer    Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
CabalMain.exe    3064    19.70    Snake Application    
XTrap.xt    2572        Online Game Security Solution    Wiselogic Co., Ltd.


Any ideas?
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» FREEEEZE
Posted by whyme - 03-14-10 04:35 - 0 comments
okay so when I boot up my computer with in 3 - 5 minutes my computer freezes...I am not talking about Freeze for a second then keep going. I am talking about everything freezes mouse wont move task manager wont come up or anything. I left it like that one time it happend to see if it would ever start working again and no. I have to manually unplug it to get it to work all the usb stops responding and everything. I thought it might be over heating so I took every thing apart and blew it out with air. didn't help I put a box fan on low and let it blow in it to keep it cool to see if that would help no. I am currently in Safe mode and it seems to be not freezing I ran a virus scan three times and nothing has shown up. I am completely at a loss here. Does anyone know what is going on?

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name OWNER-67P7ZEE2I
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model OptiPlex GX270
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2394 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A06, 9/29/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name OWNER-67P7ZEE2I\Administrator
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 896.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 571.14 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.55 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
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» Problem Booting Up
Posted by Skydog - 03-13-10 15:40 - 2 comments
I’m new to the site. I apologize if this message is not placed in the right forum.

I have a laptop with Windows 2000 that is not booting up fully. I can get the Login screen but after I click through that, it doesn’t do anything more. It just stays on the main screen but with no buttons to click or desktop icons, menu bar, etc. I don’t even get the Start button in the bottom left corner
I’ve tried a number of times to boot up and on a couple of occasions (but not always) I got the following message:

Cpfrl.exc.Application Error

The exception illegal instruction
An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction (0xc000001d) occurred in the application at location 0x00408444
Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on Cancel to debug the program

I tried both Ok and Cancel and still didn’t get any further


I also tried to boot up once using Last Known Good Configuration and the same thing happened.
I then tried Safe Mode and got the following message:

***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF5C2384C, 0xC0000034, 0x0000000, 0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

Then it gave me instructions to restart and check for viruses and remove any newly installed hard drives, none of which I can do because I can’t fully boot up the computer.
I don't have a newly installed hard drive.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

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» Want an invite to Lockerz?
Posted by Mr.N - 03-13-10 13:49 - 0 comments
Hai Guis!
Just wondering if anyone would like an invite to www.lockerz.com as the site is invite only(Its free though if you got invite!)

If you dont know what the site is here is something from their FAQ!

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What is Lockerz?
Lockerz is an invitation-only worldwide community where members can find entertainment, shopping and a full social network all on one website. Members are rewarded for almost everything they do on the site--whether it's buying a new brand, watching a video, playing a game, answering a daily question or even just logging in. At launch, Lockerz will have more than 15 ways for members to earn PTZ.


What types of products can be purchased at Lockerz?
We've partnered with thousands of the best brands and stores. Starting in early 2010, we'll offer you the latest and greatest in every category - electronics, designer gear, stylish accessories, sports equipment, and more. Members will soon be able to purchase digital assets such as music, videos, art, and decals.
Above are purchased with PTZ

For comparison per video you watch(30 secs to 6 mins) you get 2 points and a macbook pro costs 1500 PTZ and all PC/XBOX games cost 100 PTZ each(Halo 3 ODST,Bioshock 2,ME2)


If you want an invite give me your email via PM,via steam,via email or if you want via the thread!

Steam Username= Alex4921
Email= Boiardia@yahoo.com
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» type size
Posted by aka rotten - 03-13-10 13:48 - 1 comments
Can some of you experts tell me how to adjust window7,s font size?Iget home page right size and next one print very small!Also instant messages print very small .Must be a way to uniformally size every thing to screen size.Can some one give a pc dummy some ideas?Thanks,Paul
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» Webcam help
Posted by noseymom - 03-13-10 13:35 - 0 comments
Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I was wondering if there's a way that I can play videos I have saved on my computer to stream through my webcam feed to someone I'm chatting with. I have a built in Dell webcam in my laptop.
Thanks for the help!
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» Help...
Posted by Tartan_Terror - 03-13-10 11:50 - 0 comments
A few months back I got a new USB 2.0 Multi Reader / Writer reader for my camera's memory card as I could no longer do it through the normal memory card slot on my laptop as it was broken!

This worked fine for 3 or so months until a few weeks ago when I slotted it in and recieved the message that the drive had to be formatted, I click agree to this as there was no important pictures on the camera, it came up saying this could not be done as it may be protected etc...

Formatted the Card IN the camera also but still, no joy. Basically meaning I can no longer upload my pictures to my laptop.

The memory card is a Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo, 2GB.

Pretty confused as to why it has suddenly stopped working when I had no problems for the first few months, if anyone has experienced / fixed or knows anything I can do to correct this then please let me know.

Let me know if any further information is required.

Thanks.
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