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jesu seun: Can someone suggest a good email client to b instal for a LAN

for local are network in nigeria, I would advice that you
contact your server Lan provider, who will be able to provide
pop3 incoming and smtp ougoing settings for
outlook 2003 or 2007 thunderbird to mention but a few.
That's the advice don't know about nigeria

chakaz: please guys, my system is misbehaving and am seeking for help here. the firefox is always multiplying into many pages when am browsing with it. i have even installes AVAST antivirus and after scanning it says no threat found. pls guys advise me on what to do

[quote author=Sky-walker]uninstall Firefox.
Download malwarebyte and use it to scan your system
Install Firefox back[/quote]Uninstalling should fix it.

Mozilla Firefox with safe mode
should fix it. try looking
for it on start all programmes
mozilla then safe mode

Try disabling adds on i.e. skpe, google toolbar etc
use google to find out how to disable them

Here you go do the job for yourself http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/home

Simply Alfy: .Yea gave it to a friend engineer who change or should i say stole my ram it work in front of him but for me to turn it off and get back,same o! Same! Is it tht d ram got bad again if so wat could be causing it?.thanx for ur response

Simply Alfy

My fellow techichnicians had advised that you check the ram, as this
is the number one thing a Csr usually check for.Please do as told.

If this is hp, please try restartig the laptop and press F10
or F1 for bios, if you can enter bios it meas mainboard is ok"

Scroll down to diagnostics and select memory test. if the option is not
available you can google memtest to download to a cd and run memory test.

please refer to instructions. Lets established the make and model of the
laptop/pc. for example toshiba P300-20H Windows Vista Home premium


The blue screen of death will display physical memory dump 0x0000c000

what's error message did you get ? how about the engr removing the hard drive,

do we get a blue screen ? Here at nairaland, we can only provide 1st basic and
2nd line advanced diagnsotics and if it is hardware problem we will advice you.

Qaslay: Hello,
I am planning to buy a MacBook pro. I have two options: either to buy it from stores in US through a friend travelling down very soon or from authorised dealers in Nigeria. The first option is cheaper but I'm afraid I may not be able to access the warranty coverage if I use that option. Of course this wont be a problem if I decide to buy from authorised dealers in Nigeria, but this is quite expensive.

My questions: Is it possible to access the warranty service from authorised dealers in Nigeria if it is bought in US? What is your advice for me considering that I want something not too expensive and also want to have access to its warranty coverage?

I will appreciate a prompt response because my friend will be travelling very soon. thanks

buy it from nigeria and rememmber to keep
your receipt and warranty docket.

[quote author=J-FACTOR]I've run an avast scan on it. It found about 5 virus(es). I've not used Windows XP or Vista on the system. It's been all windows 7. If I want to delete windows.old it will say I need "administrative permission" what can I do[/quote]

dragnet: start in safe mode then 'shift + delete'

That's a lot better, next time always give full explanation
to any computer problems. i.e. telling a doctor i am not feeling
well, the doctor would need more explanation than that.

This is the same as a computer. try the safe mode first if
not google malwarebyte go to the windows.old and right
click on it and scan with malwarebyte follow on screen
instruction to remove and quarantine the virus

You would need admin password to delete windows. old, so
please enter your password. if unable to do so google turn off

uac in windows 7 to disable the permission but remember to
turn it back on

further inforrmation on windows .old can be found at

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/what-is-windows-old-folder-and-how-to-remove-it/

[quote author=J-FACTOR]Dearest Gurus, deleting my "windows.old folder" is screwing me up. It's consuming reasonable size of my disk and it appears to be full of virus. Pls I need help on how to delete it. Thanks[/quote]How can you justify that the windows.old is full of virus ?
i.e already ran a scan and a virus was found. seems you have
a previous o/s i.e. xp, to vista to windows 7 or vice versa

Mallamovye: yes i tryed it and it still remain the same, all the fan inside were not rotating. And the green light on the board keeps on blinkings.

And the green light on the board keeps on blinkings [/b]or a green was blinking ?

Did you opened this pc how then did you know there a green light inside or does it

have a transparent casing?. fan not rotating, [b]has there been a sudden loss of

power recently, use of generator. do you use stabilizer ?

last resort is to take it to a repair centre

Don Lala: Grt Nairalanders. I need help. I recently scanned my desktop and asked dat d virus be deleted. When I tried to login to my desktop after inputing my password, the system says loading your settings then says loggin g off, then the system will ask me to input my password again and the cycle goes round like that. Please can anybody assist me on how to solve this problem.

Make and model of computer or laptop please ?

what version of scanner do you used ? i.e.
norton, bitdefender.Xp or vista

when did this start ? ever happen before



With some computers, if you press and hold a key as the computer is
booting you will get a stuck key message.

If this occurs, instead of pressing and
holding the "F8 key", tap the "F8 key"
continuously until you get the startup menu.

select safe mode and press enter and wait.
The display will be bigger, that's normal.
Put your password and see what happens

if it restart f8 again choose safe mode
with command prompt is like a black box
type in chkdsk and press enter wait
for it to finish

if it restart again press f8 [/b]and
see if you can choose repair
your computer if only you're using
windows vita or windows 7. if windows xp
and after trying safe mode it still restart
in a loop then see if you can get windwows
xp i.e.home edition, professional edition
depend on which one you have and trying running
it to repair the boot sector mbr

caution, please get back to us for further information

or take it to a shop to get your [b]data backup

Last resort is to take the laptop back to default settings

chinwemine: Please i need a help when i put on my laptop it shows battery warning and that my battery need repair. hw do i go about it

sameolg616: Replace the battery and ensure ur laptop is charging properly

As simple as that but would also mention the battery error message. something
like this. "please replace your battery or contact customer service". The laptop wouldn't
displayed battery warning and that my battery need repair. There should be an error message
generated by the laptop. Is this Hp laptop as they have inbuilt diagnostics tool

filibust: Hi Friends,

Just noticed this anomaly on my Macpro microsoft word document. Anytime I insert an image to a document, microsoft word cease to respond, until I restart the system.

Please what's responsible for this and how can I resolve it?

Thanks.

is this microsoft office for mac or office suite

Open up office and click on the menu try your best and
look for microsoft office diagnostics or refer to

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/diagnose-and-repair-crashing-office-programs-by-using-office-diagnostics-HA001234076.aspx

Chokolee: Hello peeps...My laptop is just getting extra hot unnecessarily, it gets hot 3munites after u booth it..that makes it 2 hang most of the times...The fan seems to be running too fast, so i think that also are linked together..Plz wat is its problem, and how can i solve it..thanks

The laptop need dismantling, so take it to a repair centre

Mallamovye: pls help me out i dont really know what is wrong with my desktop (hp) i am using it on nepa light so when they took light i now start our gen to contineou my work. So they latter brought back the light so i decide to change it back to nepa the system now went off. I tryed to re-boot it again, it only blinks out power light once and it will not start. when i press the power butten it keep on repeatting the same thing. So we change the system power supply no possible result it repeated the same thing. Pls what will i do now i need ur help thankz to all.

Please follow this set of instructions.

disconnect power cable from the back of the pc
monitor cable, usb cable, printer cable, usb sticks
everything that it is attached to the back and front of the
pc so that we have the pc on is own with nothing connected at all

just ordinary pc only we know you've disconnected everything, this process is called
power atx reset
hold and press down the pc power button
for 30secs and let it go connect just power cable and monitor and tried
power on and start windows normally

@ martyns303



Here is my final take on this, if the guy fix the problem it
should be gone. the problem would repeat itselt only if it

was partially fix. what you can als do is run system
restore to when it weas last working click start run and type

in rstrui press enter to continue pick a date when it
was last working and follow on screen instructions

if no joy google malwarebytes and download it user it to scan
for viruses and follow on screen instrctions to complete

[quote author=martyns303][/quote]we tell you what to do ok
rather telling us your
machine is not infected it
create confusion just run a
virus scan and also is sthis windows xp or vista

do you have norton or limewire instaalled ?
gd night

martyns303: @sam and Deji, can u guys please look at this and help me out please.
@sam and Deji, can u guys please look at this and help me out please.

having read your post and spending precious time to researched, I concluded this
a known issue on Sony vaio Laptop. By any chance, is your computer a Vaio?
It appears that users who own Vaio face the problem when running Vaio content analyzer software.

click start and look for run type in mrt press enter and select
quick scan to run microsoft own scanner. if you have already ran
malwarebyte, superantispyware or your own scanner then disregard this

To fix this issue, uncheck the following settings in Vaio Content Analyzer.
Video analysis
Picture analysis
Music analysis
That should do the trick.

emmalezy: Hi, my computer always says OUT OF RANGE what do you think i should do pls?

sameolg616: It means your system display card settings are too high for your monitor.Right mouse button click on an empty space on your desktop and go to properties. Then settings->advanced and you should be able to adjust the vertical frequency down to 60hz or 72hz or simply change ur screen resolution to something lower like 800x600 or 1024x800 depending on the graphics driver ur using

Can you see the desktop, if you can follow sameolg616 advice

make sure the monitor cable is plugged in properly
i.e. make sure is not loose at the back of the pc.


If you were not able to set it try If you are using Windows, hold down
the F8 key while the computer is starting up and choose Safe Mode with
low resolution mode should reset it restart the pc normally and see

Danoosky: @All. My hp DV6000 laptop CD drive has disappeared. I mean d icon is not showing on My computer, Only d Harddisk is showing. pls what can I do?

That's your diagnostics

is either corrupt in device manager
or it's registry not properly aligned

follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

[b]

deji2009: I would take it to a computer repair centre for it to be examine.

Please read carefully

Try a different charger ?


At the back of the charger does it say 19v or 20v ?

How do you charge your laptop? i.e. generator

what make is the charger?

Desktop or Laptop or All in one PC ?

Windows Vista/XP/Windows 7 ?

do they customized the laptop
hardware or software ?


Do you have warranty on it ?

Was it bought in nigeria or US ?

Any Blue screen or error message
when it restart ?

Any damages to the front and back usb port ?

Here' you diags


Disconnect battery, cables
everything plugged in to
the laptop and hold down

the laptop power button for 30 secs to
atx reset it and let go connect just
charger and connect it to the mains
to get power to fire up no battery please


and immediately keep pressing F2 or F1
for bios setup utility once there leave it
for 30 minutes. on the bios page you'd see


and feed us back whether it restart in a loop.
if it does is a hardware problem. i.e.hard disk
battery problems, overheating. After testing it in the bios

Here your next diags

Restart it and keep pressing F8 until you see
advance boot option select disable automatic restart
on system failure and see what happens

MOBBDEEP: I've been expectant with all my ears down since morning.
Please, help me good people, great nation.
This problem is killing me inside. My peace is shaken badly.
Thanks

I would take it to a computer repair centre for it to be examine.

olempe: I got my brand new HP630 laptop in February and I installed a ba3 bar application on it whch shows the ba3 life when charging and wen power's off.

The ba3 used to show 4hr after it's fully charged as at that time, but later it reduced to 3hrs:30mins. But on July 2nd, I went to NYSC camp and left the laptop with my younger bro, by the time I came back last week, the ba3 life has reduced to 2hrs:30mins, on Monday 2hrs:22mins, as at yesterday it has reduced to 2hrs:18mins...

I hope my 6months olds brand new ba3 is nt dying.. Help needed on the cause and what I could do.
Thanks gurus in the house.

google hp battery test and follow the instruction to test your battery

sameolg616: Deji,that's a last resort.its not an impossible situation yet.as I said just remove harddrive and scan as removable in anoda CLEAN SYSTEM with strong antivirus then repair the OS

In a commercial environment and advanced society like that of the UK, this would be first
thing to consider. yours may be different and works for the user or customer

all4naija: Scan your system for viruses and remove them immediately. Also don't forget to run a ccleaner to clean your registry. You can can download ccleaner from www.filehippo.com

That's a well known website by computer tec

Nice1

shegz1: The main problem is most of my program has stop respondin even the avast antivirus and other program

what's the full make and model of your computer
for example toshiba p300-20h. in practice I would
have backup all prudent data and reset the client
computer to factory settings, install update,
genuine antivirus software and that' it.
professionally speaking some of this machine
have the latest built in recovery tools. e.g.advent f10
pc angel, hp recovery f11 samsung recovery f4, toshiba f8
acer alt and f10 to mention a few.

shegz1: Its window 7, when i type mrt inside the run box what it display is window cannot find mrt.

You can also access the Run command by pressing the Windows logo key +R then type mrt
press enter and follow on screen instructions. it works on my windows 7. unless you're using
other version of windows 7. if no joy google malwarebytes download and install it and
scan for virus it would cleanse everything

shegz1: Pls i was unable to open my any install program on my computer again, the icon of all the program has change to image type even my antivirus and anytime i want to open any program its not respondin and i tried to use recovery its not loadin 2. The problem start wen i borrow some1 my flash and it was return wit some folder name porn and sexy and wen i click on it. Pls wat can i do abt d virus

Is this xp, vista or windows 7 or macos x
Click, start, run, and type this inside the run
box mrt press enter and follow on screen instruc....

macawosoji: Anytime i connect my moderm to my DELL latitude Pentium iv, the connection is always breaking.

Please, what can i need to solve this problem my subscription period is running out, help me.

I will appreciate your help my fellow great Nigerians!

I take it is windows xp

Click start, run, and type

in devmgmt.msc press enter

look for network adaptor

and expand the + sign
look for your dongle on

the list right click

then properties then power

management remove the tick that

says allow this computer to...........

click ok or apply and ok

restart your computer then test it

Also it depends on your location
contact your provider for information
on getting good connection

Also you can try the dongle on another
computer to see if the problem persist

Or try all the usb ports on your computer

when replying go to nairaland home page and

click computer section then look post your computer problem

this is the place we would be able to see your reply and
most people dont have the time searching for a single post
it better to reply to a more popular section

the list

4llerbuntu: Thanks.

i did that already....... its a windows 7 PC, it updates regularly, well as much as i do boot it (those updates cause me more grief sef). its an onboard integrated VGA thingy. Not sure the Video card ever asked for or needs drivers.

as long asit stops shutting down for 10 minutes, i dont bloody care what else happens to it. its stuff like this that put me off windows anyway

check in system properties if this windows 7 service pack 1
Also to permanently fix the problem you need to reset your
computer back to factory settings. If I were to be in front
of your computer in real time I would have fix the problem, but
this is online support and we cant keep going on and going and
most likely the problem will persist better you take it back to
default settings. what's make and model of your computer ? for
example Toshiba P300-20H

mike85hot: please
kindly advice me on wat to do. I suddenly discover dat my laptop screen
started bringing out somtin like somone poured ink on the screen. its
spreading already. pls advice

what you can do is to take picture of it
and attached it to us and would take look
at it. has the laptop been dropped ?

Any dead pixels, try connecting it to

an external monitor and see what the display is like

Docjay487: I Left a PC to a friend who made a mistake of opening an application WITH windows media centre AS DEFAULT programme; now all my .exe files open with MS WMCentre. I merged my registry with the keys given below:
__________________________________________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,31,00,35,00,36,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]
"HasLUAShield"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runasuser]
@="@shell32.dll,-50944"
"Extended"=""
"SuppressionPolicyEx"="{F211AA05-D4DF-4370-A2A0-9F19C09756A7}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runasuser\command]
"DelegateExecute"="{ea72d00e-4960-42fa-ba92-7792a7944c1d}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
@="Compatibility"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Compatibility]
@="{1d27f844-3a1f-4410-85ac-14651078412d}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.exe]
"FullDetails"="prop:System.PropGroup.Description;System.FileDescription;System.ItemTypeText;System.FileVersion;System.Software.ProductName;System.Software.ProductVersion;System.Copyright;*System.Category;*System.Comment;System.Size;System.DateModified;System.Language;*System.Trademarks;*System.OriginalFileName"
"InfoTip"="prop:System.FileDescription;System.Company;System.FileVersion;System.DateCreated;System.Size"
"TileInfo"="prop:System.FileDescription;System.Company;System.FileVersion;System.DateCreated;System.Size"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids]
"exefile"=hex(0):
----------------------------------------------------
SADLY, this keys were published by one Microsoft Engineer on answers.microsoft.com ...DOESN'T work for me!
I tried MS WindowsFixIt, rebooted every time.. all to no avail____________________________
I once witnessed this happen to a friend; it was adobe reader, but once we uninstalled it, everything went normal- now in this case, I tried to uninstall MS WindowsMedia centre BUT: it is NOT FOUND in 'programmes and features' category of control panel

Also under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
default is set to:
"%1" %*
KAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AM TIRED!!! SOMEBODY HELP!

hold down windows key on your keyboard and letter R

and a box would come up type in rstrui press enter
and follow on screen instr... to select a date
before the problem started.

4llerbuntu: thanks @ dragnet. will try that tomorrow.

@deji, pc has decent specs. 3.2 ghz dualcore, 3gb ram 500gb drive.

its on a office lan and there is some norton enterprise network thingy on the network. was suspecting that maself too. funny tho i neva checked if it was actually installed on d pc or on the server.

how do i exclude my workstation from that ish? i use the pc or wordprocessing only.

i set up a dualboot with ubuntu and use that mostly, its just that at times i really have to.boot into windows daily and its becoming too much of a bother. matter of fact, even booting seems to be a lot slower nowadays

Also hold down window key and r
and type in msconfig press enter
go to startup and untick any
programmes you don't want to start
everytime the computer is switched on
click apply and ok and restart when it
finish tick the box do not show this message again

Is this xp or vista. is the nvidia video graphics or
intel. have yo install all windows update.

dragnet: hit yur windows key then yype regedit....navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control...look to d right pane and Double-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeOut. A dialog box appears showing a value clear it and putvalues btw 2000 to 4000...
.......also go to \HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory Management}, then change the value of
ClearPageFile at Shutdown to a 0 if the value is 1

Niceone dragnet. @poster what are th specification of your computer
Please hold down your windows key and pause break you'd see view basic
information about your computer. what are specification. e.g.am memory 4gb
2.16ghz intel
etc. do you see norton security

swift25: Symptoms are:
1.keeps going off even when battery time has not elasped.
2.cant hibernate, in that each time i switch on behaves as if i shutdown.
3.have to keep setting the time.

There's a cooling fan at either the base or side
of your laptop, canyou hear it running ?

When the laptop turns off, any error message ?

Does the base feel hot ?

What makes and model is your laptop . e.g. dell 1545

When you select hibernation ,what actually happened

Regarding you having to change clock everytime, has the
laptop ever been for repair before ?