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help me with this god damn trojan

Ok, so my virus scanner (avg) detected a trojan about a week ago. Before I could try removing it or quarantining it, the trojan just shuts off my computer. The wierd thing is, if I press any key the computer turns back on but shuts back off about 5 seconds later. This keeps happening for [...]

Recommend me a Nice 22" Monitor..

~$300 or less
Looking at making it a main monitor on a dual setup with my 19" standard.
I was looking at this
i’ve had this model for awhile and i love it
I have this one sitting next to my 22" Ultrasharp E2208WFP and the only disadvantage to the 228WFP is the stand.

And now I’ll sit here and [...]

problems with VAIO

I have a Sony VAIO laptop that is about 2 1/2 years old or so and its running REALLY slow. Its been like this for sometime, and no one has been using it. Now I need it cause I’m moving out and I was wondering, if I got the hard drive reformatted, would [...]

my internet keeps cutting out

we have att dsl with a new d-link wireless modem and i keep losing my internet connection every 4-6 hours. all i have to do is unplug the power from the modem for 30 sec to get back online, but this is quite annoying. i have tried running a wired connection to the router as [...]

Remote Desktop v.Vista

I’m trying to set up a Remote Desktop connection on my Vista home machine.
I’d like to connect to it from remote computers via the internet.
I’m connected to the internet via cable modem, then an external router.
My question is, how do I find the computer name/ip address of the computer?
Is it the IPv6 address in ipconfig?
that’s [...]

how can i take a cd image and boot it from a usb?

is this possible??
i have a 750 MB cd image and a 2 GB flash drive, and i want to boot the imagedoes you mobo even support booting from an external drive?
If yes, pick one and read There’s an HP utility that took me about 3 days to get when I went down this path a [...]

replacement lap top monitors

hey guys I was wondering where I could get a replcement lap top monitor for a freind of mine whos screen got damaged.get the part number and search online, find which store has the best price
screentek is popular, ebay is good too.Ditto on Ebay… I know a few people who bought replacement screens on Ebay [...]

have you installed sp3 for xp?

with the troubles 3 read about I held off. Now thinking of doing it. Theres probobly no need though right?I did it on one xp machine and it no longer booted.

i think most it goes on fine thoughI’ve added it to several of my machines at work. We’re also using an XP [...]

Office VPN Headaches. Maybe I should use a VM?

My office has a SonicWALL SSL VPN 200 and a Fortinet FortiGate 100A. The first is a dedicated SSL VPN box, and it’s reliable, but it’s too slow. The second is a firewall/router/VPN, and it’s fast, but connectivity is spotty and the routing tables needed to connect the VPN to five subnets (some of which [...]

best video format to use?

using adobe premiere on a mac
what would be the best format to put a movie on a CD? it is unknown what the OS and software will be on the target computer, which will ultimately play the movie. it’s not a full-length movie, just a promotional video. not sure on the exact length
I’ve [...]