I have looked that thread and did some of the stuff listed in it like disabling system restore. I have tested my HijackThis l log on the page linked-to in that thread and the only unsafe reports it mentioned were from AV and Anti-Spyware software where I deleted the company branding that was...
On my computer, malware tries to open random webpages in both IE and Firefox.
I often get notifications from AdWatch Live! claiming that it blocked access to a malicious website, and that svchost.exe is trying to open the site.
I have fully updated and then scanned my computer with the...
Can you please recommend for me the best digital camera I can buy for under $200.
I would like it to be able to take really good pictures, and also to be able to take good AVI videos.
I live in Canada so I would prefer to buy it from either NCIX, or Future Shop, or Canada Computers.
If...
I ended up buying a Canon ip4500 online since online is the only place I could find it that wasn't open-box.
Just my luck, the front cover is defective of the unit I got. It won't stay down permanently. The open button is useless since on my unit it's always open anyways. I called Canon...
I started out with a laser printer but then I had to take a $40 restocking fee that I lost out of my pocket to return it, because I had no way to know it emitted ozone toxins prior to opening the box and reading that in the user guide. :disgust:
The reason I am going for InkJet now is...
From what I've read so far it seems the third-party ink seller sites don't let me buy just one refill at a time, right? Which is what your $5.00 number was based on?
Ie: if I go here, Text
Then it looks like the least amount of refills they would sell at once is 6.
But what if I can't...
Ah I found out that it is chipped but it can be reset.
Does the ip4500 come with full cartridges by default, or are they 'starter' cartridges?
Because if they are full ones, doesn't it make sense to buy a whole whackload of those printers @$53.99 CAD solely because the ink that comes in...
Thanks for the info. I guess I'll forego the AIO functionality.
In the link here in the adjacent thread:
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He recommends Canon IP3500 or IP4500.
I can get that from Canada computers for $43.99CAD and $53.99 CAD. Would you say that's a good deal? If so, which of those should I...
I recently bought a color laser printer only to realize after I opened it that it emitted Ozone gas; which is totally unacceptable to me. I ended up having to take a 40% restocking fee on that just to get some money back because the store tells me they would now have to sell it as open-box at a...
Last week I had a power outage which resulted in my PSU dying. I RMAed my PSU and installed the new one. I think I have installed all the cables correctly, but maybe not.
Now when I try to boot up with my new PSU installed, my monitor always displays "no signal". But the system seems to be...
That is definitely not the RAM what I have. The RAM what I have is as I've stated.
Pretty sure it's compatible because I came to these very boards about a year ago just before buying all this hardware, and asked the people here/read their posts in other threads about what specific brands and...
I'm looking at the boxes of my motherboard and CPU products right. Not sure if this is the place where it has that information or not, if not please tell me where I would find that information?
Motherboard is manufatured by Asus.
On my motherboard sticker is says:
Part No...
Please help me isolate whether this is a RAM, power supply, CPU, or motherboard hardware problem, and tell me what the next steps I can take in order to figure this out.
For the past month or so I've had a lot of problems with my system stability. When playing PC games I eventually get crash...
I need to get rid of image persistance problems as described in this thread.
So far the only way I've came across that might end up working for me is to run a pure white image on my monitor for a really long time.
I made a pure white image in the size of my monitor's resolution with Paint...
I left my monitor off for over 5 days. The problem didn't go away.
I called NEC Tech Support back and this time I got another support rep who told me that what the first NEC Tech Support rep stated to me was incorrect. He told me that LCDs never get burn-in.
The latest rep told me that in...
They weren't going out of their way to say it's burn-in, they only acknowledged it could be after I asked about burn-in specifically. They told me that image persistance is way more common than burn-in in LCDs, and that burn-in doesn't happen during "normal operation" with an LCD monitor which...
I called NEC Tech Support about this. They told me it could be image persistance, and to shut the monitor off for 2 days and leave it uplugged, and if it is image persistance that should fix the black marks part of the problem.
They told me that the light streaks may be image persistance...
I noticed that my LCD monitor suddenly has black marks on it near the bottom, combined with "streaks of light" in the same area.
I usually have my taskbar dragged up a lot more than the default, usually ~5x more.
When I look at the damaged area of my monitor, it does not go any higher...
My DVD drive still lists that it has 4 changes left.
In fact the only reason it's 4 and not 5 is because I was fiddling with it when this problem originally reared it's ugly head. I shouldn't have had to change it way back then either because it was already set to Region 1 by default...
I'm not versed in how decoding works.
How come if I run AnyDVD first, then the DVD will suddenly start playing in WMP?
But if I shutdown AnyDVD, then it will be back to the problem in the OP and no longer play in WMP.
Is there a particularly good Winamp mod for playing DVDs in Winamp...
I have had this problem with my previous computer, and now I have it in my new computer also. All of the parts and the OS of my new computer was new to that new computer, except for my DVD Drive which I transferred from my old computer to my new computer. But I am not sure if it's a WMP issue...
I'm still having this problem as of today.
I was finally able to borrow my friend's laptop computer for a couple of days so that I could test my connection with a "known good PC".
The speeds test I do with that or on my PC are identical. However at this particular moment my speed tests...
I made a thread on that site as suggested and they gave me some ideas but so far as of today the problem still remains as it was in the original post.
I was finally able to borrow my friend's laptop computer for a couple of days so that I could test my connection with a "known good PC"...
JackMDS, I appreciate your help a lot.
I read your links a bit and the content of them is way over my head. From what I can understand from them, nothing in reading those links will tell me specifically how to identify and solve my particular problem as outlined in this thread.
If...
RebateMonger, I have absolutely no idea how routers work or how it would help me.
Yes, I am very very very tired of this problem but when I seek answers so far I am hitting a brick wall with no one being able to identify or fix my problem. I would love for this problem to be solved, who...
It is set to obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.
Under Alternate configuration it is set to "Automatic private IP address".
ScrapSilicon thanks a lot for your help, you seem to know a lot about this stuff.
In addition to trying to isolate this problem, I am also trying to discover if I have two problems.
My old Dlink modem can not ever contact the DHCP server or renew the IP address. My new Zoom modem always...
By the way when I do IPCONFIG right now it lists it as 216.99.56.97, maybe because I had tech support switch my Zoom modem to function as a bridge modem this morning or maybe it changes whenever I reboot, I have no idea.
Would that effect the test?
Ah ScrapSilicon I am using Kerio Personal Firewall and I blocked some stuff with it just now, that might have been your pings. I'll turn it off for now in case you wanna try again?
That stuff in that last post is way too advanced for me. No way I'd have the wherewithal to do any of that.
I'm gonna have them replace the jack or make me a new jack elsewhere if I am sure that the jack is the problem - but how can I isolate the jack as the problem?
Don't wanna waste...
Don't understand that post very well, Fraggable. Thanks for trying to help me though.
I am still confused about this point: if I am using an a DSL modem and no router, and my computer fails to contact the DHCP server every time I try to renew my IP address, then is that a problem with my...
Oh, originally I thought you meant to open a box outside the building or something. I don't care about doing anything to the phone jack since I am the one who had to pay to activate it and use it. :D
I removed the wallplate and inspected.
I noticed that I have three black wires coming...
Where would I find the wires, exactly and how would I know when I found them?
When I ping google.com I get average of 76ms. When I did that test with my ISP's tech support a week or two ago, I got an average of 86ms and they said that was really high.
When I ping yahoo.com I get an...
No, I don't know how to check that.
Is it normal for a DSL modem with no router to not be able to contact the DHCP server or use the ipconfig /renew command? Is that a problem with my ISP?
Does my traceroutes tell you anything?
I made the thread on this board because initially no one on the Tech Board knew how to help me with the same problem.
Then after I made this thread KGBMAN post in my original thread about this so I've been carrying on with his help with testing and stuff back in the original thread although...
Thanks tommytran.
That is one thing I have tried extensively out of my own thinking. Appreciate the suggestion. Unfortunately it doesn't have any effect on the problem at all.
Hi KGBMAN, just saw the lastest reply from you as of today. My problem has been the same as usual between now and then.
I made a post about this issue on the networking board thread of the same thing which I now copy and paste here in case you can answer me and the posters in the...
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