For all those suckers who encountered this problem and reformatted their computer…this ones for you. Problem: You install Windows XP Service Pack 3 and upon reboot you’re faced a with a BSOD saying: “SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED.” You can’t boot into windows. Fix: You need to boot into safe mode and change an HKLM registry key. THE FIRST […]
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Posts by theFakeGeek
Fix: Infinite “Configuring Updates 3 of 3. 0% complete.”
This one was apparently fixed by Microsoft a while ago but in case you run into something similar it’s helpful. It will work on any problem where an update has hijacked the screen with an “Update in progress” type of message and won’t let you finish booting windows. This fix will clear that bad update. […]
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Question: What is a NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error?
Welcome to the first Question page! Questions can be asked through the widget to the left of the screen and are posted to the forums where the guys there shoot out some ideas. The best questions/answers are posted to the main page. Question: My IBM “Stinkpad” R60 constantly has a BSOD saying: *** Hardware Malfucntion […]
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The Computer Technician
The word Computer Technician is defined by theFakeGeek in the following ways: Those who people go to when their computer hasn’t worked right since they downloaded a whole bunch of porn… and then swear up and down that they didn’t. Those who open up clients computer and find it coated in a yellow sticky smelly […]
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How to remove Nero Scout
How do I uninstall Nero Scout? Geez I hate that program. Why did the guys behind Nero think we needed yet another indexing service? Fortunately there is a simple registry edit you can do. Simply click Start, go to Run and type in the following: regsvr32 /u “%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%AheadLibMediaLibraryNSE.dll” Then press enter and restart your computer. […]
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Monitoring Temperature on a MacBook
I’m thinking about downloading iStat for my MacBook Pro so that I can keep a eye on things but ive read that the temp and fan monitor gauge doesn’t work with macbooks is this true? Also I wanted to know if iStat sucks your computer’s processing power and make it run slow, if it does […]
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How do I uninstall Norton Antivirus?
How can remove/uninstall the Norton Antivirus trial that was loaded into my new Toshiba Vista laptop by Toshiba, but was never activated or used by me? There’s no uninstall program in add or remove programs. Isn’t that tricky of Norton? They want to make it as hard as they can for you to remove their […]
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Sympatico WiFi Router isn’t working
Question: I just got Bell Sympatico DSL internet and they gave me a modem/router combo. My problem is that when I try to use wireless it just won’t work. The internet works on my laptop when I use the cable but it doesn’t work with the wifi. I called Gateway (who made my laptop) and […]
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How to Update Norton AntiVirus
My computer came with Norton Antivirus and it recently expired so I purchased a new subscription from the Symantic website. I updates Norton but it keeps bugging me every few days saying that my Norton is not updated but it is. Thanks for asking! Basically when you buy an antivirus your buying a license and […]
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What is a podcast?
I’ve just bought an iPod and my friend told me about something called a Podcast. What is it? A Podcast is basically a modern take on the radio show format. It’s available on the internet and you can download and listen to them at any time you want. The show can be about virtually any […]
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