HAVING COMPUTER ISSUES...VIRUSES,SPYWARE, ETC...INFO HERE
- Thread starter mustynutz
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i hope sumone can help....awhile ago i switched out motherboards on a comp, she said she cant open her e-mails.....i checked her security setting and they look good, but it says 0-bit encryption settings and i know it should be 128...right.......do i have to download the same or newer version of IE...i think she IE 5 or 6.....right on yall
the computer im working on is a dell Dimension 310, 2.8ghz, 1gb of ram. windows xp media edition service pack 2.
the drive im having trouble with is a, philips dvd+rw 8801
when i go into the system hardware and click on the philips properties it lists the dvd drive as
"location 0 (0)" under that i get this message. {windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged} (code 19)
now i tryed to uninstall the drive itself and reinstall with the hardware wizard and that didnt do anything. what are my options? i cant find a driver on the philips website for this dvd+rw8801 or through google.
this isnt my computer and i dont have any discs at all. so if i need to reformat am i shit outta luck?
the drive im having trouble with is a, philips dvd+rw 8801
when i go into the system hardware and click on the philips properties it lists the dvd drive as
"location 0 (0)" under that i get this message. {windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged} (code 19)
now i tryed to uninstall the drive itself and reinstall with the hardware wizard and that didnt do anything. what are my options? i cant find a driver on the philips website for this dvd+rw8801 or through google.
this isnt my computer and i dont have any discs at all. so if i need to reformat am i shit outta luck?
ok so ive gotten several results that attempt to give a registry fix, in which you would have to delete some keys, and i also found out about the "firmware or driver" issue.
ive never done this before so i will leave it to other ppl who have experience in whats called "cross flashing":
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f92/bqflasher-liteon-dw1650-8801-benq-dw1650-problem-207616/
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f44/info-about-liteon-dw1650-488-dvd-rw-model-204825/
the WinDWFlash application can be found at :
http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R144661&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=192787
and the cvt files :
http://dvd-rw.hoppy.tk/modules/wfdownloads/viewcat.php?list=B
now again, they claim that Benq 1650 = Philips DVD8801 & 1660P1, but ive never done this before and neither should you . Im posting these as resources for other computer nerds who have had experience with crossflashing before.
you can either end tree for Explorer.exe in the task manager under the Processes tab, then go to File>Run and click browse, find the file manually and try deleting it then, then you go back to File>Run and type in Explorer and hit Ok to get your desktop showing again.
but rather than try to do so and waste your time, you might as well restart the computer in safe mode by restarting the computer and keep hittin the F8 key on the keyboard, a menu will load that will say something to similar to "Start Safe-Mode" with another one saying "safe-mode with command prompt", but you need to choose the first one instead of the command prompt one, the computer will start up lookin like the graphics are shitty but this is because in safe mode the computer loads only the basic components that are needed to start windows and in return will not load the file you cannot delete . So go find the file and manually delete it or Run your antivirus again. Then restart normally.
a third way you can try to do so is by running Hijackthis which will remove things from startup , then try to remove it.
you should go with the second option i posted tho, everything else was to fill u in on some things.
but rather than try to do so and waste your time, you might as well restart the computer in safe mode by restarting the computer and keep hittin the F8 key on the keyboard, a menu will load that will say something to similar to "Start Safe-Mode" with another one saying "safe-mode with command prompt", but you need to choose the first one instead of the command prompt one, the computer will start up lookin like the graphics are shitty but this is because in safe mode the computer loads only the basic components that are needed to start windows and in return will not load the file you cannot delete . So go find the file and manually delete it or Run your antivirus again. Then restart normally.
a third way you can try to do so is by running Hijackthis which will remove things from startup , then try to remove it.
you should go with the second option i posted tho, everything else was to fill u in on some things.
Im having a weird ass GB problem with my hard drive for the Dell e520. I used to have around 150 GB of free space and when I uninstalled the program lavasoft adaware se, my free GB space went up to atleast 180. Then I started uninstalling a couple more programs I didn't need, and the free space went up to 205. When I refreshed the 'my computer' page after uninstalling all the software, it went back down to 190 in a matter of seconds. Its been around 190 for some time now, but how can get it back up to 205? Has anybody ever had this problem before?
I got my restore checkpoints turned off because it eats your hard drive up. I disk clean my drive and erase the checkpoints everyday.
I dont have any virus programs installed except the McAfee Security Center that was installed when I bought this computer. But i need a really good program that can remove this virus thats killing my drive.
Other than this GB shit, Im having no other problems with my pc.
I got my restore checkpoints turned off because it eats your hard drive up. I disk clean my drive and erase the checkpoints everyday.
I dont have any virus programs installed except the McAfee Security Center that was installed when I bought this computer. But i need a really good program that can remove this virus thats killing my drive.
Other than this GB shit, Im having no other problems with my pc.
lolol, trust me, 195 gb, 205 gb, nothing to worry about or really call a problem.
you are better off saving the restore points instead of trading 10 gb of a 200 gb HD for the ability to back-track incase something does happen.
im currently on 150gb HD, but with windows 98 hardware and XP installed.
Dont worry about that shit because it aint like you gonna end up using all 200 gb anyway.
you are better off saving the restore points instead of trading 10 gb of a 200 gb HD for the ability to back-track incase something does happen.
im currently on 150gb HD, but with windows 98 hardware and XP installed.
Dont worry about that shit because it aint like you gonna end up using all 200 gb anyway.
