The General "Computer Issues" Thread

[BigLouMan20]

I used to go to mypodcast until some bug cause the site to no longer accept uploads. I use podomatic now.

 

[Hanshotfirst1138]

For some reason, I can now get audio only from headphones and not from my actual computer speakers.

 

[hezzy]

For some reason, I can now get audio only from headphones and not from my actual computer speakers.

PC? Vista? win7? mac?

 

[Hanshotfirst1138]

PC? Vista? win7? mac?

Gateway. I think Vista.

 

[Keiji Dragon]

OK. Thanks for the advise about RAM, fellas!

 

[ShadowGUN]

Okay so my Webroot Anti Virus program keeps giving me a pop up telling me it blocking a website who is know for spyware. The thing it keep poping up everytime I connect to the internet and it the same website no matter what page I visited. Even when I not using Internet Explorer it pop up as long as I am online. At first I thought it was the cookies so I deleted them but it still pops up. Any guesses what it could be?

 

[En Sabah Nur]

For some reason, I can now get audio only from headphones and not from my actual computer speakers.

broken Speakers?

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Okay so my Webroot Anti Virus program keeps giving me a pop up telling me it blocking a website who is know for spyware. The thing it keep poping up everytime I connect to the internet and it the same website no matter what page I visited. Even when I not using Internet Explorer it pop up as long as I am online. At first I thought it was the cookies so I deleted them but it still pops up. Any guesses what it could be?

Im not sure what you are trying to say here. Does it keep popping up on every website, or the same website opens up when you try to go online? Try to write more coherent, its hard to understand what you mean.

 

[ShadowGUN]

Im not sure what you are trying to say here. Does it keep popping up on every website, or the same website opens up when you try to go online? Try to write more coherent, its hard to understand what you mean.

Never mind. It turn out it was Malware virus. When my anti virus updated itsefl it detected it. Bad news was when I erase it, it took a lot my computer data and didn't allow me access my computer forcing me to use my back up discs.

 

[DisneyBoy]

Thanks for the suggestions Zombie. I wasn't quite able to get things working, but in the future I'll try to get VLC up - what exactly IS that anyways?

Sabah...yeah, I did try other players, without success. The comp didn't have much to choose from, and yup you guessed admin controls were getting in the way.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Thanks for the suggestions Zombie. I wasn't quite able to get things working, but in the future I'll try to get VLC up - what exactly IS that anyways?

Sabah...yeah, I did try other players, without success. The comp didn't have much to choose from, and yup you guessed admin controls were getting in the way.

in that case, create a new folder on a desktop, assuming you can download the new player without admin restrictions bothering you (if not then use a flash drive) point the install directory to that new folder and it will install without a problem because it will only restrict access to Program Files folder, not desktop. After you are done, go into the folder on the desktop, locate the uninstall and remove it including the folder afterwords, it will be like it never existed.

 

[Rusakov]

Pardon my bumping of this thread but my computer is currently having some login related issues.

When loging onto Toonzone I find that after I enter one thread and try to leave it my browser freezes and I get a "not responding" prompt.

In addition to that I'm also having problems with my imageshack account. When I try loging out instead of being redirected to the "you have successfully loged out" page the page is opened in a new window while the old window still states that I am loged in. After closing both windows I try to login again and the site states that I am not registered or did not enter a correct password.

All of this started occurring after I installed bittorrent and downloaded two TV episodes.

I have checked for viruses and malware and have not found any issues even after updating Norton 360. I have also done temporary file cleanup without any effect.

I think that there might be something wrong with my registry, as to what the problem is exactly, I have no clue.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Pardon my bumping of this thread but my computer is currently having some login related issues.

When loging onto Toonzone I find that after I enter one thread and try to leave it my browser freezes and I get a "not responding" prompt.

In addition to that I'm also having problems with my imageshack account. When I try loging out instead of being redirected to the "you have successfully loged out" page the page is opened in a new window while the old window still states that I am loged in. After closing both windows I try to login again and the site states that I am not registered or did not enter a correct password.

All of this started occurring after I installed bittorrent and downloaded two TV episodes.

I have checked for viruses and malware and have not found any issues even after updating Norton 360. I have also done temporary file cleanup without any effect.

I think that there might be something wrong with my registry, as to what the problem is exactly, I have no clue.

What browser and version of it are you using? What OS are you using? Very important info!

 

[Rusakov]

What browser and version of it are you using? What OS are you using? Very important info!

Browser and version: Internet Explorer 7

Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium

 

[Shawn Hopkins]

All of this started occurring after I installed bittorrent and downloaded two TV episodes.

And there you go. Have you tried Malwarebytes, Spybot or Adaware? They're specifically to look for Malware so they might help find your problem.

 

[Rusakov]

And there you go. Have you tried Malwarebytes, Spybot or Adaware? They're specifically to look for Malware so they might help find your problem.

Thank you, I shall do so. And while I'm at it it's possible that the problem might also have been caused by the modem being a little wonky. Fortunately that has stopped and things are normal so far, but I will look into the malware search as well.

 

[Rusakov]

I've used Malwarebytes and the only object it found was a piece of registry data called: "hijack display properties". I've heard some people say it is not a problem. Should I remove it or not?

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Browser and version: Internet Explorer 7

Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium

There is no reason to use IE7 since IE8 works so much better. Also, make sure that your Vista has SP2 installed. And what particular bittorrent client did you install?

 

[Keiji Dragon]

I'm back again, and this time it's a noob question.

A while ago, I bought a 1GB stick and installed it into my PC. It's still working fine now, but now I'm about to install Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit and I don't have enough RAM to run it on. Because someone close to me insisted that I can have both a 512MB RAM and a 1GB RAM together installed into my PC (2006/2007-ish Compaq Presario SR2163wm), I did that and now I have both cards installed together into my PC as I type this. I should note that right now it only seems to detect the 1GB card.

My main question is: If I combine two different RAM cards into my PC, will it add them together? Or do I not know what the bloody hell I'm talking about and I'm just about to ruin my PC?

 

[En Sabah Nur]

A while ago, I bought a 1GB stick and installed it into my PC. It's still working fine now, but now I'm about to install Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit and I don't have enough RAM to run it on. Because someone close to me insisted that I can have both a 512MB RAM and a 1GB RAM together installed into my PC (2006/2007-ish Compaq Presario SR2163wm), I did that and now I have both cards installed together into my PC as I type this. I should note that right now it only seems to detect the 1GB card.

My main question is: If I combine two different RAM cards into my PC, will it add them together? Or do I not know what the bloody hell I'm talking about and I'm just about to ruin my PC?

Never use 2 different RAM modules together. Take out the 512 as soon as you can. RAM modules should only be combined if they come in the same package. Most times different RAM sticks dont play well together, sometimes even if they are by the same brand, same speed and same chipset. Besides, minimum requirements say that 1Gb of RAM is enough to run Windows 7 32 bit.