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Detection

Forum discussion tagged with Detection.
  1. F

    Solved! I have an Asus Laptop, when i entered Bios it reads the gpu as 930mx and then when i boot into Windows it reads the gpu as nvi

    Troubleshooting incorrect gpu detection and Code 43 error
  2. R

    Solved! Getting pop ups of virus

    so basically I was getting this virus pop up on my avast antivirus i went to check what it is below is link to virustotal.com and i dont know what to do with it some antiviruses say its adware some say virus some say its clean can someone help me with it?? thanks also below is link for picture...
  3. M

    Formatting-External drive not found... on xbox one/pc or mac

    I just got a Samsung M3 portable 1TB drive... I hooked it up to my xbox one and it gave me the option to format for media or games and apps.... I picked games and apps it formatted but when I go to storage its not there, when I go to back up and transfer it says external drive not found. So I...
  4. B

    Solved! Vive setup help / advice.

    Ok so here is my question. I have a small room. I need help/advice/options on where the best 2 places would be to put the Vive boxes in the room. I don't really know the cone of detection each box has. how accurate they are or what the best thing I should do and what positions would provide the...
  5. A

    Solved! SIM Card Detection Failures with Huawei ascend Y550

    SIM Card Detection Failures with Huawei ascend Y550 (no sim card detected, appels d'urgence uniquemet) solution find: empty cache and reboot
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    Tricking the game into thinking the computer has an older graphics card, so it can run

    I recently got a PopCap game for free (Bejeweled 3), for Origin was giving it out on its regular on-the-house promotions, and when I try to run it, it goes into a low resolution mode. Whenever I try to raise the resolution, the game says it can only do that when 3D acceleration is enabled...
  7. A

    laptop graphics card not detecting by device manager

    Have same problem no solution graphic card of laptop dissapeared no device manager detection
  8. kol12

    Is anybody familiar with the program Process Hacker 2?

    I'm interested in using the program and Virustotal.com has a detection rate of 4/56. Does anyone use it and are the detection's known to be false positives?
  9. S

    wifi signals detection

    guys i am having a very normal (daily usage) laptop. the problem i facing is that my laptop is not catching the wifi signals properly. it only catches signals in my room.. when i move out of the room approx 5-10 meters away from the router it shows no signal.. guys please tell me what to do and...
  10. M

    Proxy Detection Software

    I'm building a domain in my vo-tech school for the class, and the teacher would like to know whenever someone attempts to use a proxy. Does anyone know of a good software that will detect when a proxy is being used and send an alert?
  11. A

    SDXC Card can't be read anywhere!

    I just got a Silicon Power SDXC 64GB microSD card and I haven't been able to have it working at all yet https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00TB8XZOK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 So whenever I insert the microSD part of it into my phone, nothing happens at all. No detection...
  12. Mr Burns

    Is my Sophos Protection Up-to-Date?

    So I am running Sophos Endpoint Security and Control version 10.3. The OS is Windows 7 Ultimate. I'm just wondering if it's up to date. I remember last night it said "Last checked for updates 23-03-16" but now it's saying "Updating: Failed". It is also saying "Web Control: Disabled". I've had a...
  13. T

    Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro headphone jack detection

    I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro laptop where the headphone jack detection doesn't work properly. Most of the time the jack will always think there are headphones plugged and and therefore disable the speakers. This is NOT a software problem, I have both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux 15.10 installed...
  14. H

    Seagate 1tb External Hard Disk, only working in windows 7 not in any higher OS

    I have a seagate 1tb Hard Disk, until few weeks ago it was working fine. Now, it is only working with windows 7. I have tried it in windows 8, 8.1 and 10, its not working in any of these higher OS. I've also tried different USB cables. The only thing comes in My Computer is the new drive letter...
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    Finding a keylogger

    I am certain my pc's have been one of these installed, against my knowledge. This includes Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. Can anyone recommend a detection program that has had success in finding them and possibly showing where the reports are being sent? Thank you all very much
  16. N

    Headset Microphone Is Not Working

    Hi guys! So I just bought an A4TECH HS-28 Headset...and when I plugged it in the audio had no problems whatsoever, but when i tried to record my voice through the microphone in Action and Fraps there was no sound coming from it. Which is a shame cause I wanted to make YouTube videos with live...
  17. C

    Graphics card detection problem

    Greetings lads! I have a tiny problem here, this here old laptop from a time before time's graphics card stopped doing its job, it's an HP laptop, model g6-1313sq. It's supposedly got two graphic cards or some wizardry but none of em are getting detected which is quite aggravating since I can't...
  18. P

    hard drive detection

    I have a 2 TB external hard drive. It is working fine in other laptop. but when i am trying to connect in my pc dell it is not detecting. i am having windows 7 os and i formatted my pc few days back and reinstalled the os again. after that this problem is happening with the hard drive. Even my...
  19. lights0123

    Conficker and vobfus at the same time

    I was just working on my computer when my AV (Avira) popped up with: I investigated it, and I noticed those two files. I checked for other instances of it, but I didn't find anything. Also, I noticed that the autorun.inf in there was 57KB, but didn't really notice it. 15 seconds later, my AV...
  20. N

    MSI laptop's touchpad and keyboard won't work together! (Gaming and such)

    Hello everyone! I currently own an MSI GE60 0ND Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7-3630QM GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M RAM: 8GB @1600MHz HDD: HGST 1TB 7200RPM Keyboard: SteelSeries 103 keys Touchpad driver: Elantech It was working well in the past but I just recently noticed that I can't use the...