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  • Computer Help: Adsheriff won't go away,

    02/13/2006 12:18:25 AM PST · by MetalHeadConservative35 · 34 replies · 803+ views
    http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | 2/13/2006 | The Detroit Metalhead
    annoying spyware/virus called adsheriff won't go away Ive tried using AVG,AVAST,Adaware,Xoftspy, and my adminstrator account in safe mode, none work ive even installed windows formatting my harddrive and it showed up first time i logged on after installing.
  • (Vanity) Updating files for Palm Treo 700w

    02/08/2006 5:48:58 PM PST · by fzx12345 · 1 replies · 173+ views
    Feb. 8, 2006 | self
    Recently, a company that I regularly work with upgraded their smartphones from the Palm VII and 600 series to the 700w. While this is useful for portability of work files in the field, many of their employees are having difficulty in updating their contact lists to the new devices. As the older phones (which run on Palm OS) used Palm HotSync, and the 700w (which runs on Windows Mobile) uses the seemingly completely incompatible MS ActiveSync, a quick transfer of this info via PC is not usable. Eventually, I showed some people how to beam contacts and memos individually between...
  • Ps2/USB adapter wont work (help Vanity)

    01/17/2006 11:00:07 PM PST · by MetalHeadConservative35 · 22 replies · 638+ views
    Freerepublic.com ^ | 1/18/06 | the metalhead
    I bought a Ps2/USB adapter for my keyboard because originally i thought the keyboard port fried. i bought the adapter, plugged it in and i kept getting unknown device, i tried rebooting, didnt work, it wont boot up unless i have the keyboard plugged into the ps2 port, next attempt: i plugged both the mouse and keyboard into the main ports, upon start up neither would work after it boot up, i ran all the add hardware and driver wizards, still nothing, then it gets interesting,i plug ONLY the keyboard into the port, the mouse into the adapter into the...
  • I need a .avi file to .mov file converter (tech vanity)

    01/04/2006 2:07:40 PM PST · by MetalHeadConservative35 · 14 replies · 401+ views
    FR ^ | 1/4/06 | A Michigan Freeper
    anyone know where i could find a freeware full version of a program that converts avi files to mov files?
  • Winfixer and ABS Network problem (adaware and avg wont get rid of it)

    08/07/2005 6:48:23 PM PDT · by MetalHeadConservative35 · 20 replies · 3,712+ views
    me again ^ | 8/7/2005 | Me
    my computer has spyware from winfixer 2005 and the aurora ABS network and neither AVG virus nor Adaware can fix it what should i do?
  • windows 98 tech help

    03/20/2005 1:41:11 PM PST · by knarf · 52 replies · 1,564+ views
    March 20, 2005 | knarf
    My 9 yr old son, who thought he knew everything, plugged in a cd game that informed him he needed 256 color. He knew enough to right click on the desktop and that's where everything went wrong ... I have for wallpaper the windows clouds .. they are now grey scale.All of my desktop icons are very large and some are off the page.When I right click on my desktop, click prperties ... all of the active pages are so large, I can't move the page(s) to the point where I can 'apply' any remedy.Any web sites, including FR, are...
  • Does anyone get newsletters from military.com?-It looks like it may have been hacked

    02/04/2004 7:19:44 PM PST · by armymarinemom · 16 replies · 261+ views
    email ^ | 2/4/2004 | Armymarinemom
    Message from : The US government has told the world its assassins have been murdering Muslims http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=9351915375&m=7141982136&r=7371998476#73719984768&output=gplain and other inconvenient people ever since administration of Roosevelt. Some results are: Islamic terrorists have been able to murder thousands of Americans, the Cold War has been replaced with Bush-league crusade against terrorism, world's largest oilfield is occupied by US armed forces, and American soldiers are killed nearly daily in country that had effectively suppressed anti-American terrorists. Americans nevertheless pay dearly in dollars as well as lives for oil provided by BushÂ’s cronies. Sovereign nations must destroy imperialism. Although since 1985 the media...
  • Outlook Express tech help needed (VANITY)

    12/05/2003 10:02:05 PM PST · by ILBBACH · 23 replies · 371+ views
    ILBBACH | 12/6/03 | ILBBACH
    I have been receiving an email since mid-afternoon. I guess its really huge and I tried to get the program to quit, but it won't. How do I stop this? PLEASE HELP!