http://www.totalformat.com/forum If you need answers or advice regarding problems with your computer hardware or software or need to discuss your computers security, firewalls and anti virus software then you should post your thoughts to this section. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:47:25 GMT vBulletin 720 http://www.totalformat.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.totalformat.com/forum http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/167696-laptop-overheating.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:06:26 GMT I have an HP Pavillion dv6000 series laptop. It was cheap, bought it so I could work on my honours project from home last year! Recently it has started overheating and turning itself off and the only way to fix this is to remove the battery and wait for it to cool down again! The fan is... coldintheshower http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/167696-laptop-overheating.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/159015-how-do-i-duplicate-my-laptop-screen-onto-tv.html Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:41:14 GMT My problem is that i have hooked up my dell laptop running xp to my tv and the tv just had a black screen, when i hooked jakes laptop to the tv (which is identicle to mine except it has vista), it worked and he had a duplicate image of hes laptop shown on the tv. So i went to control panel and... kevin http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/159015-how-do-i-duplicate-my-laptop-screen-onto-tv.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/158117-ipod-touch-battery-life-gone.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:40:25 GMT Kilch http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/158117-ipod-touch-battery-life-gone.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/155562-silly-harddrive-problems.html Tue, 12 May 2009 12:20:51 GMT Im running 2 sata HDDs - the first (c:) is 250gb, and the second (d:) is a slightly older 80gb. Anyway, they both appear to run fine in terms of no awful noises or problems. Except for the past 3 weeks (since ive been playing mir :P) my event viewer has a few entrys a day about a controller... Puratech http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/155562-silly-harddrive-problems.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/155504-problem-cd-drive.html Mon, 11 May 2009 12:32:05 GMT walker http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/155504-problem-cd-drive.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/154756-cookies-problem.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:30:48 GMT Buttons http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/154756-cookies-problem.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/154227-you-may-not-have-appropriate-permissions-access-item.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:47:16 GMT I searched on goggle, and came across this site, and read what fixed other peoples problems, but none of them worked for me. I just reinstalled Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Version 2002. I can access my user accounts, I can access my control panel, but when I try to run this single .exe file... sw204me http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/154227-you-may-not-have-appropriate-permissions-access-item.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/148809-error-5-acces-denied-admin-account.html Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:52:38 GMT gamerunknown http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/148809-error-5-acces-denied-admin-account.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/147681-how-do-i-make-vista-run-quicker.html Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:26:17 GMT Ok im quite new to vista and i have the business version on my new laptop from uni, it was brought for me cause im special :D Its a toshiba satellite pro and its OK. 2 gig ram, duo core running at 2.26 each and onbroad graphics (ew i know). Anyway it came with SO much crap running from start... Grael http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/147681-how-do-i-make-vista-run-quicker.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/147398-vista-issues.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:44:46 GMT Seth http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/147398-vista-issues.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/143764-cisco-site-site-help-if-possible.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:37:38 GMT Hello i am having a problem with me VPN connect i can see the problem but no way to change this which is the most annoying this: (remote and local address has been changed to save people fiddling, the 146.81.200.61 is the correct) crypto isakmp policy 11 encr 3des authentication... Fredrick http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/143764-cisco-site-site-help-if-possible.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/142603-my-new-video-card-rant-begin.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:05:54 GMT dont PCs anoy you sometimes, well ok a lot of the time at least when you have to fiddle with them. its anoying enough when the components fail but i gues thats unavoidable if they last 3 years your doing well, its usualy quite cheap to get an eqv replacement by then. I got my new graphics card,... meow http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/142603-my-new-video-card-rant-begin.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/141682-pc-keeps-crashing.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:04:12 GMT Hi my pc keeps crashing, at first i thought it was the lithium battery that is attached the motherboardm as the time and date were resetting to defalt upon turning my pc on each time. But that is not the case as i just got the blue screen again, and the pc restarts. Also when i turn my pc... Lancelot http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/141682-pc-keeps-crashing.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/141306-computer-only-saves-bmp-format.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:11:04 GMT Hi For some reason whenever I want to save images of the web I can only save the files as BMP not JPEG. Anything to change this? thanks. Osborne http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/141306-computer-only-saves-bmp-format.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/136350-monitor-driver-troubles.html Mon, 19 May 2008 17:12:02 GMT the story goes my brother bought a new computer as in a fully new spec, anywho its all ok now apart from the monitor drivers do not work, the disc that came with the monitor are apparently the wrong ones so i decided to go to the home site and download the correct ones after trying to run this... Arcanine http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/136350-monitor-driver-troubles.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/135638-identity-risk-facebook.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:11:22 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/education/betsie/parser.pl/0005/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7375772.stm ---Quote (Originally by bbc click)--- By Spencer Kelly Presenter, BBC Click Facebook logo reflected in an eye Facebook has millions of users throughout the world ... Dawolf http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/135638-identity-risk-facebook.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/132184-pc-shuts-down.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:17:22 GMT Kuja http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/132184-pc-shuts-down.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/131063-internet-problems.html Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:11:14 GMT ok well sorry i havent been on for awhile...but ive been having problems with my internet explorer, i can do anything on the internet that doesnt involve having to go onto internet explorer, its either slower than 56kbs dial up or it just crashes the page and i have to close and try again....this... Arez http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/131063-internet-problems.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/130962-network-problem.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:54:48 GMT Arcanine http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/130962-network-problem.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/128609-hidden-taskbar.html Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:10:53 GMT Cintaria http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/128609-hidden-taskbar.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/127946-windows-update.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:52:32 GMT 2 days running Windows update has downloaded 2 files .Net Framework 1.0 and 2.0 SP1 but never gets past installing them I have to cancel or I would be waiting forever. I have SP2 on comp so a bit puzzled as to why it is d/loading them any ideas? Auto update btw Moonbeam http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/127946-windows-update.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/125953-virus-help-urgent.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:04:44 GMT i have the following viruses and cant completely get rid off em off my pc . it started with that trojan horse dropper GIT one but now ihave dropper.agent.dgo as well as downloaderagent.eyv here is myhijak this log if someone can help me Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at... dannypadoan http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/125953-virus-help-urgent.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/122655-hijackthis.html Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:58:05 GMT Cintaria http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/122655-hijackthis.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/121690-computer-broked.html Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:10:26 GMT well, last night i was quite drunk, and i couldnt be arsed trying to switch my pc off so i just bashed the reset key a few times then pressed the power button. anyway, this morning i found that my PC wouldnt start. it would get past the bios thing, then it would show a menu saying 1. Safe... DeathKitten http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/121690-computer-broked.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/117894-burnt-cds-keep-showing-up-blank.html Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:12:38 GMT Fozzie27 http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/117894-burnt-cds-keep-showing-up-blank.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/117741-i-think-my-harddrive-screwed-help.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:45:16 GMT Today my computer has started experiencing a new problem, which became more frequent right up until now. It will make an odd click noise, and very shortly after freeze up entirely, forcing me to manually reboot at the switch. After the click, if I hit the Start button on windows, the menu wont load... Asystole http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/117741-i-think-my-harddrive-screwed-help.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/114341-quad-core-processor-slow-ram.html Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:36:27 GMT RocKtheCasbaH http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/114341-quad-core-processor-slow-ram.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/113741-no-midi.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:07:06 GMT Mankind http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/113741-no-midi.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/112974-cd-drive-issues.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:50 GMT Seth http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/112974-cd-drive-issues.html http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/112861-pc-security-beginners.html Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:53:05 GMT Years ago security remained mostly obsolete for most computers, networks, And the Internet. Most of the computers were stand alone that were used to Process information for basic needs. Most the networks were small and confined to small local areas because of lack of technology. The Internet was... Detomah http://www.totalformat.com/forum/troubleshooting-security/112861-pc-security-beginners.html