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Error Message [View all] Recently I have been getting the error message below when I start my computer. This does not happen every time but very often. After I close it out,
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What's in your "bag of tricks?" [View all]
Hi,
I've been picking up odd-and-end jobs repairing/helping friends and others with thier pc problems, training, spyware issues, etc.
I was j
floor bounce afftect hdd's? [View all] I've recently moved and now live about one block away from railroad tracks that are quite busy...maybe more than 20 trains/day. The trains don't bothe
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Part of End Task box disappeared! [View all] Hi all,
I am running XP Pro SP2 with all the latest updates. Part of my End Task window has disappeared. This is what my End Task window looks li
New Symantec virus detection patent [View all] Security specialist Symantec said Wednesday it has been granted a U.S. patent for the threat-detection technology built into its software products.
slow web pages and surfing [View all] Hi
my surfing and loading web pages is slower than hell with either ie6 or mozilla..it can take a couple or more minutes to open a page and going t
Sensors mixed up. [View all] http://www.pcqanda.c om/dc/user_files/137 74.jpg
Does anybody know for sure which of these 2 programs: "Everest" and SANDRA, label/identify sensors
Got FBI e-mail today [View all] I just got the FBI e-mail today related to Warning of Computer Virus.
I saw SHELLY comments on Feb 23rd. Apparently the FBI hopefully is investiga
ie 6 and its traffic blocker....?? [View all] my first time learning of this and i'm afraid i may have done it, now where/how can i reverse the blocking so that i can access the internet again....
Excel - comparing 3 cells [View all] Hi, all. I am using Excel 2003 to try to compare 3 columns in each row. I want to be able to call out any that don't match. If the three columns con
Problem Opening A .pdf Document [View all] Adobe Reader 6.0.3 11/30/04 which I believe is the latest version.
A friend has sent me a .pdf document which is a list of our school classmates
Port open [View all] Whent to Sheilds Up and tested my ports,it found port 1026 svchost
open.How can I close this port.I thank you in advance for your help.
eddie
a2 Update 3/3/05 [View all] Downloading update information ...
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