/halp/ - Technical Support

Anonymous 13/03/29(Fri)05:46 No. 20158 ID: cb9fa8 [Reply]

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This looks like a phishing scam.

How can the attachment contain a virus when it is a text file?

I have no business in the United States so it is certainly not legitimate.

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Anonymous 13/03/29(Fri)18:27 No. 20160 ID: 10d6c2

It probably expects you to open the text file in Microsoft Word and uses via some unpatched/patched vulnerability.

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Anonymous 13/03/30(Sat)16:16 No. 20166 ID: f55742

If it is a genuine txt file then it should be harmless to open it in notepad.

By genuine i mean that its true file extension is .txt and has not been obscured.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12982597/safety-of-opening-txt-files

Or load up a linux live cd make sure you are not logged in as root and use vi command to read it.

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Anonymous 13/04/02(Tue)03:50 No. 20178 ID: 2b9b73

They just put their scam letter into an attachment instead of into the mail body so that they bypass the spam filter of the e-mail provider. I'm sure if you open it they will say something like "FBI has detected you have downloaded wares and you must pay a fine, put it into this bank account".

Case closed.

Anonymous 13/04/01(Mon)12:28 No. 20176 ID: 894d6d [Reply]

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Serious business here. I can't figure out how to make it so my pictures folder has previews of the pictures I select without opening the file. The preview pane is still their, but the file preview is just a sheet of paper with a pallet of paint over it. HALPPPP

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Anonymous 13/04/02(Tue)03:48 No. 20177 ID: 2b9b73

On Win7 you can try Right-click > View > Extra large icons

It's not what you want exactly but you'll be able to preview the thumbs of the images. Unless thumbs are turned off.

Anonymous 13/03/31(Sun)12:55 No. 20173 ID: b20a90 [Reply]

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Dear /halp/!

I got the complete collection and installed Dawn of War and Winter Assault and wonder if you could please help me with this problem: The graphics wouldn't run in 1920x1080. So I did that local.ini-trick and it did run in that resolution. However, the maximum zoom out is terrible. (An Imperial Guard Field Command is just a big blob in the middle of the screen, and the icons are bigger than they should be.)

The same goes for Dark Crusade and Soulstorm, even they're supposed to run 1920x1080 from the start.

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Brutalis!HF.bGyUKfA 13/03/31(Sun)15:16 No. 20174 ID: 0050f8

Haven you enabled full 3D camera? Allows the zoom to go out rather far on mine...

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Anonymous 13/03/31(Sun)20:25 No. 20175 ID: b20a90

>>20174
Thanks! I'll look into it.

Pretention 13/03/29(Fri)05:00 No. 20157 ID: cb9fa8 [Reply]

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>http://pastebin.com/E924CLkt

I no longer have admin access to the account I made on a certain website. Moreover, it looks like that website doesn't even exist! It was something I made as a kid when playing around, a free forum based on their website builder thing.
And, it seems like I've been marked as some kind of spammer!
I would contact the inventforum people but they don't even have a website anymore. I don't understand why my little sub-site is still there. Arghh
For years I've been getting these emails and it hasn't concerned me because there was never anything on the forum I made, but if it's going to give me trouble with sending me own email and it ending up in spam I am not happy
Does anyone know if this is the case for anyone else who has done something like this? I'm pretty sure doing stuff like this was big back in the day.
Please help me make it stop!
I was a stupid, non-technical kid.
Worst comes to worse, I'll just start using a different email address. I've had it life long, what a shame!

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Anonymous 13/03/30(Sat)08:45 No. 20165 ID: 2b9159

Whois lookup for inventforum.com.
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.webnic.cc]
[Querying whois.webnic.cc]
[whois.internic.net]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: INVENTFORUM.COM
Registrar: WEB COMMERCE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED DBA WEBNIC.CC
Whois Server: whois.webnic.cc
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Anonymous 13/03/29(Fri)20:11 No. 20162 ID: b20a90 [Reply]

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Dear /halp/!

I've got the Dawn of War complete collection. Please tell me how to run DoW + Winter Assault in 1920x1080. The DOW folder doesn't even have a local.ini.

PSU... maybe Anonymous 13/03/28(Thu)20:05 No. 20155 ID: 208b5a [Reply]

So one morning, after my PSU has been giving off the distinct sound of a condensator dying for a few weeks, it stopped working. You can turn on the computer, but it turns off either while booting the bios, windows or 5-10 mins of running Windows. So seemingly at random.

Excellent, I thought, time for a new PSU, but wait, there's more. If it doesn't crash in the startup, I can run windows in safe mode and it seemingly works. If I reboot and start up normally, it still just shuts down unexpedtedly.

So my question is: Can I disable something which will allow me to run Windows in normal mode without it crashing until my new PSU arrives? (And is it the PSU?)

In the bios I saw that the 3.3v was acting strangely. It fluctuated wildly between 3.1v or 3.2v while all the other power levels were static.

I've tried disabling random stuff in the bios related to the CPU, thinking that it can run safe mode because it somehow throttles the CPU so it never needs the full 3.3v from the PSU which it then fails to deliver and shuts down. That's my thinking anyway.

Bonus question: How to enable audio in Windows 7 SP 1 safe made for music and video viewing.

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Anonymous 13/03/29(Fri)18:32 No. 20161 ID: 10d6c2

>condensator
Your PSU contains a refrigerator?

I suspect your CPU/chipset/integrated GPU is overheating and the system is shutting down in panic mode.

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Anonymous 13/03/31(Sun)04:12 No. 20171 ID: 208b5a

Got a new PSU. Everything's fine and dandy. Disregard.

Anonymous 13/03/23(Sat)09:39 No. 20136 ID: c29d11 [Reply]

I was putting a computer build together...

$60 case
$200 core i5 cpu
$100 mb
$80 16 gb ram
$100 for a 1 tb hdd and dvd burner
$100 gtx 650
$100 certified gold psu
and like $90 for oem windows 8

total is roughly $900

but shopping for ready built pcs, i'm finding core i7 systems with the same, if not better specs for like $700

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Anonymous 13/03/24(Sun)21:23 No. 20142 ID: c4f2f0

>what am i doing wrong?
Paying for windows.

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Sad+David+Bowie 13/03/27(Wed)20:40 No. 20150 ID: d138a5

>>20142
Even without windows, he's still paying 830 for an i5

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Anonymous 13/03/28(Thu)09:02 No. 20153 ID: 2b9159

>>20150
Yeah, but he's also buying a $60 case, $80 RAM, $100 PSU, $100 motherboard, etc. - none of which he would get on an "equivalent" $700 crapbox.

He'd get a borderline PSU (250W and under is common in OEMs), a sub-$20 case with little expansion options, high-latency RAM, budget motherboard, etc.... due to buying components in volume they get price discounts, but they don't get steep discounts. They cut dimes and quarters from each and every component in the system until they end up with an inferior product at a lower price.

One particular "budget" vendor who gets quoted a lot on chans has been known to ship PCs with defective components, including those physically damaged (holes punched through PCBs), to the point that they could never have booted, much less POSTed.

Help! Alt Key happens without Pressing! WTF? Furball 13/03/24(Sun)00:36 No. 20138 ID: f82a8e [Reply]

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Dell Inspiron N7010
Win7
Processor: 2.53GHz
RAM: 2.93 GB useable
Type: 32-bit OS

Problem:
My keyboard and programming died out on me during December, so I wiped the memory clean and reinstalled and updated Win7, learned my built in keyboard doesn't work, so I've used multiple USB keyboards to type.

I've made a video showing the problem, and I could use any help possible. Video is here: http://youtu.be/W-cczMT5U0M

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Anonymous 13/03/24(Sun)01:09 No. 20139 ID: d8a485

- Open laptop
- Unplug Keyboard cables

Alternatively you could faff around disabling/uninstalling the drivers for the on-board keyboard, then prevent Win7 from reinstalling the drivers at boot and then hoping the latest Win7 update doesn't re-enable automatic installation and send you back to square one. Pick the first choice.

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Anonymous 13/03/24(Sun)10:32 No. 20141 ID: 2b9159

>>20139
Actually he could just disable the device for the built-in keyboard. Then it won't reinstall the device, it'll just be disabled.

Unplug the USB keyboard, then disable whatever keyboard remains in device manager. I usually like to go as far up the food chain as possible though, meaning figure out which USB HID device is providing the built-in keyboard and disable that as well.

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WORKS NOW! Furball 13/03/27(Wed)03:28 No. 20144 ID: f82a8e

Unplugging the broken built in keyboard, but leaving it as a buffer for liquids/foods/crumbs worked excellent.

Thanks!

Cell Number Tracking HalpMeGuize 13/03/23(Sat)20:02 No. 20137 ID: 3aab04 [Reply]

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OK hello guize does anyone know how can i track a mobile number ? I've been receiving some annoying calls lately.

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Anonymous 13/03/24(Sun)03:12 No. 20140 ID: 97000c

Give us details. What type of phone do you have, what provider, etc.

Anonymous 13/03/21(Thu)10:28 No. 20134 ID: cb9fa8 [Reply]

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>Unable to delete the last blank page
I have:
-selected everything on the last page and pressed delete
-Selected everything there and pressed backspace
-Chosen the selectable cursor space and pressed delete
-Selected beside the table on the previous page, shown, and pressed delete

What am I missing here?
Thanks!

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Anonymous 13/03/21(Thu)14:18 No. 20135 ID: 980ec6

Try pressing backspace at the end of the second to last page.