I have been trying to uninstall UniBlue from my Computer but is keeps saying it can't be uninstalled.
Go to [start -> run] (or press WinKey+R) and run this:
msconfig
In the "services" and "startup" tab, uncheck anything that looks like it might be related to UniBlue. Then restart. It will hopefully not run automatically any more. You don't have to worry too much about leaving it installed -- it won't hurt anything as long as it doesn't ever run.
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I have already tried tunebite, soundtaxi and noteburner and they all had mass amounts of popups which caused my computer to lag and then eventually stop & require a restart. if you have any dependable links for these programs that won't lead to these problems, or else similar programs that you know are effective please let me know. time limit on the recordings can't be less then 3 minutes please & thankyou (or else I just find it to be pointless lol). this is a new computer (it's Gateway if that matters) so I can't figure out why these programs would be failing unless the programs themselves are flawed or just designed to mess stuff up. anyways thanks in advance for any advice :)
Some audio drivers support an "audio loopback" or "stereo mix" device, which allows you to record the sound being output to your speakers. If your computer supports that, using it to record the music would probably be the easiest method. To see if it is enabled, try recording with Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ) while you play the music. If it doesn't capture anything, look in [Control panel -> sounds -> recording] to see if you can enable "stereo mix" or "audio loopback". Some drivers don't support this at all, though.
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Anyone have experience converting to the new FireFox 4 browser? I remember how "interesting" thing were when FireFox 3 first came out.
Should I upgrade now? Are the bugs worked out? Should I wait for a few minor releases first?
Your opinions would help.
I'm not upgrading until 3.6 support ends. New software is less secure and less stable than old software, so I want to wait until everything has had time to settle. I've also hated every single user interface change since Firefox 2.0, and I want to wait for extensions to come out that reverse whatever terrible things the Firefox UI team has cooked up this time.
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I have a laptop its an hp runs on windows 7, i do look at porn and i have been for a while but ive always had antivirus because i tried every free trial out there now i'm out of free trails and i still look at porn but i always delete my history but ever since the antivirus was gone my computer always lags i cant watch a video ANY video from youtube ect longer that 5 mintues because my computer starts sounding like a broken record and the video keeps pausing and slowing down and i cant listen to music for a long time either of my computer starts acting up the music starts sounding slow and stuff and i have a free malware(not antivirus) thingy that is called spybot and it scans everything and sometimes i look at the details of whats its scanning and its
"running bot check 2224/1297978-internet"
for example im guessing that means it scanning the internet well the whole point of this explanation is that sometimes it says
"running bot check 1399/1297978-pornhb"
or "running bot check 1398/1297978-PORNxx"
i always delete my history and cookies cache whatever but obviously porn is still somewhere in my computer but the problem is i dont know where because thats all the scan specifies it doesnt say where it is.I am planning to stop looking at porn on my computer because i know its what is making it slow and sometimes it even makes my internet mess up whenever im not even looking at it and says i have no internet and i have to restore the computer at least twice a day and it goes back to normal, so how can i remove this from my computer or where would it be or is an antivirus my only option the only reason i don't go ahead and install one is because im broke right now...Any thing will help guys sorry for the long message just wanting to put as much detail as possible for better understanding hopefully.
Don't pay attention to Spybot's text. It lists all the things it's checking for, regardless of whether they're actually on your computer.
Use a Portable Firefox installation to hide your surfing activity:
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
This also will help isolate the undesired addons/malware you're downloading.
You probably have some malware on your computer. Try running http://www.malwarebytes.org/ . Also make sure you uninstall all of the non-functioning antivirus programs, as well as all other programs you don't actually use. If that doesn't help, post here:
http://www.malwareremoval.com/
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Alright im about to start my own computer business and i need a contract that explains everything i do not want to miss anything well its going to be a computer repair business and do not want to be screwed if i have legal issues so can someone help me it would be greatly appreciated
The only safe thing to do is contact a lawyer.
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I'm currently using a Macbook Pro and am trying to listen to my friend's radio show, which is throug this link:
http://isumedia.ilstu.edu/wznd
From: http://www.wnzd.com
But it says quicktime can't support it and when I click "listen now" I just get a blank black screen.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks!
VLC can play it:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Go to [Media -> Open network stream] and input the isumedia.ilstu.edu/wznd URL.
Quicktime can probably play the actual audio stream, but the site is using "ASF Playlist" format, which is quite obscure. I have created a replacement file, which should work better. Try the first link, and send both links to the publisher if it works:
http://theymos.com/adv/wzndNEW.asx
http://pastebin.com/kpr3k1sZ
The publisher should just host this file somewhere on the site and link to it instead of the "isumedia.ilstu.edu/wznd" URL. No special configuration is necessary.
Tell me if they actually use my version...
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Ok so my parents are getting me my own computer for school. The computer will be used for homework (writing papers) and the sims 2. How much spac do you think I need? Would 4gb be enough?
Sims 2 games system requirements need thi space..
Ram: 256 mb or more
Hard drive: atleast 5.5gb of free space.
What's a good computer brand at a good price?
4GB is almost nothing these days. You will not be able to run The Sims 2, or pretty much any modern game. It's possible a computer with that amount of space is running Linux instead of Windows (look at the specs); this is not a good idea for you.
I would not consider a computer with less than 40GB of storage unless I was truly using it only for web browsing and word processing. (They're called NETbooks for a reason.) Not only will audio/video take up a lot of space, but the computer will probably not be powerful enough to play HD video.
I've heard good things about Lenovo notebooks. I've never owned one, though.
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I don't know what to do with him! I found out from my bff that my bf made a facebook group thing about our relationshp. I went and red a few things on it and it is personal and nothing anybody should know but us so I told him I knew he had a secret he was keeping from me but not what it was so he would tell me or something but he didn't. i kinda thought that he posted stuff and didn't think it was bad and I wanted to give him chances to say so but he just said he didnt have no secrets so i went back to read the rest and he had made it private only so now it is hidden from me.
I guess what I am asking is if he didn't think this was wrong why did he hide it when i found out? He still denies everything and now i got no proof because i cant see it anymore!!! i have been crying about this and i feel betrayed like he has a secret life on facebook or something! should i stay with him if he isn't going to be honest and still hides things?
Sorry if this is too long!
"I told him I knew he had a secret he was keeping from me but not what it was"
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How do I close my unInstallShield? I get a message saying, "Setup has detected that unInstallShield is in use. Please close unInstallShield and restart setup. Error 432"
That could be a lot of things. I'd Google "Setup has detected that unInstallShield is in use" and try every solution several pages deep.
If none of that works, you can use this to "force" the removal:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility.shtml
Then delete the program's folder in "C:\Program Files"
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Okay, so I logged onto facebook the other day
and this guy had sent me a message saying "look at this video we caught of you on our spy cam"
I clicked on the link because I was curious if it it was really a video of me or not! at the time I was on my home computer the link took me to youtube but it wouldn't allow me to see the video, so I got on my laptop to see if my laptop would allow me to see it, which it didn't.. Now both my computers have viruses my house computer won't even go on.. I messaged the guy that sent it to me, and asked him why he sent me that video, he said his friend sent it to him and then when he opened the message it sent to his friends. Ever since I opened that link I keep getting IMS from people saying "Heyy, is that really you in this video, LOL what are you doing?" and then there's a link to a video, so I clicked on the link it took me to facebook videos but wouldn't show the video! i've gotten that IM from 3 different people, and i'm starting to think someone set secret cameras in my room, I don't know why, am I just freaking out, or do you just think it was spam they sent me? I messaged all 3 of the people and asked them what they meant by that IM and they all didn't know what I was talking about, and said they didn't send the IMS. i'm scared to do anything in my own room though, so my question is, is there ANY way I can know if there is cameras in my room? like, where do I check for those kind of things? I just think its kinda wierd how i'm getting all these IMS and messages about that! I don't really ever leave home, so if there is a video of me out there it would be in the privacy of my own house!
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
It's definitely a virus. Why would three different people send you the same message? They're all infected and sending the message, just like you are now. The "Facebook videos" site was somewhere else -- pay more attention to the URL next time.
Since this is sending messages, you should probably get professional help by posting here, to make sure the malware is removed completely:
http://www.malwareremoval.com/
Or you could try running these free antimalware programs:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
I'm very paranoid, so if I knew someone had this kind of access to my machine, I would immediately shut off my computer, wipe my hard drives, and reinstall Windows. (I still wouldn't worry about cameras in your room, though; no one cares enough to do that.)
All of your passwords should be considered compromised. You must change them as soon as the malware is removed.
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I am making a website for a friend, and I need to have one main scroll box on the left, and three smaller scroll boxes on the right.
I read a question that you had answered about a DIV float option. For some reason it isn't working for me.
I use freewebs web edit. Any help? :/
The three divs on the right need to be in one container div. So you would do something like:
(right2)
(right3)
"left" and "right" float left and right, while the "rightx" divs don't float.
Here's an example (look at the source):
http://theymos.com/adv/scroll.html
The percentage widths/heights I use there to create a perfectly-full page makes this layout prone to breaking on old browsers and when you add margins/borders, so use pixel widths/heights if this is a problem.
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I am a victim of internet fraud and i want that website to be banned and to be shut down. to whom i will ask for help?
If you can prove that the fraud happened, you can complain to the people providing Internet service to the site. At least two different companies can shut the site down: their host and their domain registrar.
You can find out who is hosting the site here:
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/
Their domain registrar is among the information listed here:
http://whois.domaintools.com
Most of this information is supposed to be about the actual owner of the site, but this info can be easily faked. The company listed next to "registrar" or "registration service provider" is the one you want to complain to.
Additionally, both of those links above will list the site's "name servers". If these name servers are:
- Different from the fraud site itself
- Not one of the services above that you already complained to
Then you can complain to them, also. Just Google them to find their site or some contact information.
When contacting these companies, reference the parts of their terms of service and/or acceptable use policy (TOS/AUP) that the fraud website actually broke. These terms will be linked somewhere on the companies' sites. If the fraud site didn't break any part of the terms of service, then you shouldn't even bother complaining, since there is almost no chance that the companies will do anything in that case.
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Hello
I have firefox installed into my laptop but lately for the past week or so the browser hasn't been working. (I'm currently using another computer) So basically I can't use the internet at all I also can't go onto the internet to download a different browser. I have wireless connection however when I bought the laptop to my parents house whom have their own connection the browser still didn't work. I've already tried restoring the computer and I have virus protection on it and after 3 scans it said no viruses found.
Any suggestions?
You can run Internet Explorer by going to [start -> run] (or press WinKey+R) and typing this:
iexplore
If Internet Explorer is also broken, you can download another browser (Opera) like this:
- Go to "Run" (as I mentioned before).
- Run "cmd". A command prompt will open.
- Type these commands in sequence (press enter after each one):
ftp -A ftp.opera.com
cd pub/opera/win/1060/en
lcd C:\
binary
get Opera_1060_en_Setup.exe
The installer for Opera will then be downloaded to C:\. This might take a while, and FTP will *not* give you any sort of feedback until it's done downloading.
These types of problems are almost always caused by malware. Run these scans:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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I was wondering if it is possible to get free downloads straight from somewhere for your iPod Nano without having to download all of these programs to convert or sign up and pay for downloads.
It's possible for a site to do that, but I don't know of any.
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hi there.
I have been unable to make a music CD with this software, because every time I move an MP3 into the bottom window, I get an error report saying that files of this type are not supported
In the ***\InfraRecorderPortable\App\InfraRecorder\Codecs folder I have installed the file irLame.irc which is 389,120 bytes, created 04 July 2010, 14:42:31 and modified 14 March 2007, 22:26:24, but this has made no difference. the MP3 file is fine (plays with all my software, and can be written to an audio CD with Nero happily)
Any advice would be gratefully received
That is a very old version. Try the newest version:
http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5
Did I hotlink to that version somewhere?
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hi, i dont have like any money so my plan for my best friends graduation is to a dvd of all the videos we have ever made and put them all into one or two discs, problem is, idk which program to use. Windows DVD maker takes three days to attempt to load a video, then says error, roxio burn doesnt work either. i was hoping someone could tell me of a FREE dvd burning program, thanks in advance :)
Use DVD Flick:
http://www.dvdflick.net/
If necessary, use Windows Movie Maker to join images and stuff into a video file.
If you don't need to play the DVD in a DVD player, just use ImgBurn in "write files/folders to disk" mode to burn the video file to disk. Because the compression that "playable" DVDs must use is terrible, you will be able to fit a lot more data on the disk if you do it this way.
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I have a laptop HP computer and it crashed yesterday. Well, not exactly crashed. There was a huge virus on it and so it restarted itself. My dad then bought a new virus protection program (our original was Norton Security); it works perfectly but it erased all the data on the computer. I had a lot of important documents and pictures from milestone trips with my friends and I'd hate to lose that one materialistic thing I can hold onto. So, do you know how to retrieve those lost files? Please, help!!! I think I'm going to cry T-T
Turn off your computer immediately and take it to someone who knows what they're doing. Some of the data might still be there, but using the computer increases that chance that it gets overwritten (which makes it irreparable).
GetDataBack is the best tool I know of for recovering data in this situation, but you can't run it on the same computer that you're recovering data from, so you need to find someone else who can help you.
Make sure you back up your data in the future.
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Hello, my username is ThirdQED. It has been about a year since I last visit this site. Anyhow, as I was fixing my profile layout, I run into a few problems:
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Problem #1: Long links breaks my column layout:
--IE doesn't support Overflow.
**Temporary Fix: Overflow replaced with word-wrap.
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Problem #2: Major web browsers' differences in calculating widths:
--IE calculate everything from margins to padding into the total of a property.
--Other major browsers calculate the width of div boxes by taking the width property value PLUS margins, padding and borders.
**Temporary Fix: Fixed by applying div within div.
Meaning I applied something like this example (sorry if the code fails to show up):
CSS:
.thrColFixHdr #upperbar {
font: 75% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
float: right;
width: 760px;
background: ;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 5px;
color: ;
}
.thrColFixHdr #upperbarin {
padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px;
}
Apply:
About Me
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Of course both are just temporary fixes for now. Do you know of a better way to fix these problems? If you do, please do teach me. I've been trying to look for alternative fixes but not much luck :-( Also, the fixes don't have to be compatible with IE6 and FF2 or below. I am looking at anything that works with IE 7+, FF 3+, Safari 4+, and Chrome 4+.
Thanks in advanced, and my profile URL is http://www.advicenators.com/column.php?u=ThirdQED .
I wish all web browsers just use a standard rule :-)
Yeah, web development sucks. I now try to avoid it as much as possible since it frustrates me so much.
I used conditional comments on my column to fix IE's nonsense. You have to use non-standards-compliant "" tags, but the stuff that Advicenators adds gives you no hope of ever being compliant, anyway.
A disturbingly-high percentage of Advicenators users use IE6, so I'd try to support that if possible.
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Is it true that the next iPhone will have a data transfer limit of 2gb? If so, why?
**My understanding is that anyone whose contract expires in 2010 can upgrade to the iPhone 4 and keep unlimited, but you have to extend your contract by two years. You should contact AT&T for more accurate info.**
AT&T (the exclusive iPhone carrier in the US) has removed their unlimited data plan. 2GB is the highest-level plan you can get now, and this applies to all phones on AT&T. People who already have an unlimited plan can keep it, though.
Info from AT&T:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30854
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so my laptop is always very slow, i never have more than 5 windows open at a time but even if i just have 1 open its just as slow, does anyone know how i can wipe my laptop clean, or just stop the slowness of it ?
Go to [Start -> Run] (or press WinKey+R). Run this:
msconfig
Go to the "startup" tab in the window that opens. Most programs that start with Windows are listed here. Uncheck as many of these entries as you can. You can't permanently break anything here. Restart when done.
If that doesn't significantly help your performance, take a look at the "processes" tab in Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del). If one process is using too many CPU and memory resources, Google its name, figure out what it is, and try to disable it. Contact me if you need help. Ignore "System Idle Process" in Task Manager.
Also:
- Run malware scans to make sure a virus/spyware isn't eating all your resources. I recommend MalwareBytes and Spybot.
- Defragment (Start->Accessories->system tools->disk defragmentor)
- Make sure you are using a modern browser: IE8, Firefox 3.6, Chrome, or Opera 10.
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