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Please help I don't know what a GROUP POILCY is but it will not let me turn on my firewall. when i am on a web page it dont SHOW good its LIKE the WORDS fade out and don't show the web page as it should be. I am using Windows XPGroup Policy is a feature of the Windows, it is a set of RULES which control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. MAKE sure you on the admin account on your PC maybe that will help.

My computer is ancient in computer age. When I PUT it together -custom mishmash- it scored in the top ten percent at PCPitstop; it now scores in the bottom 35 or less, except in one category.

It runs XP Professional (retail copy), SP3, AMD Athlon, 1.19 GHz, 768 MB RAM, 120 GB ST3120026A hard drive - Barracuda 7200.7, Maxtor One Touch II USB external hard drive 100 GB.

Security: Prevx, Online Armor Premium, Sandboxie, Trojan Remover, SpywareBlaster.

I uninstalled Eset's NOD32, got a partial refund, and bought LICENSE for Prevx. It is lighter on RAM use, 15 MB versus NOD32's 45 MB. Prevx is more effective too, and that says something. NOD32 is one of the best av products. So all of my real time security now has about the same RAM usage as NOD32 alone. Built mine earlier this year and I still use my old one which is about 6 years old.

Windows 7 Home Premium
XION Solaris 450w ATX CASE
BIOSTAR Group A780X-A2 1.0
3.10 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
320 GB Hard Drive
4 GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
HP DVD Writer 1040r
CD Writer
HP 2159m 21.5-inch Diagonal 16:9 Full HD WIDESCREEN Monitor
Zonet USB KVM Switch w/Audio and USB Hub

Windows XP Home Premium
HP Pavilion a330n
2.16 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3000+
120 GB Hard Drive
1 GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Hp 2159m 21.5-inch Diagonal 16:9 Full HD Widescreen Monitor
HP DVD Writer 300c
CD Writer
Zonet USB KVM Switch w/Audio and USB HubBought it on the fly when my notebook broke down.

2.93GHz Dual Core Intel
3Gb RAM
500Gb HDD
128 Intel Gpu, it's the X5400 HD or something

Gonna put a 9800gt nvidia in soon.Good to seeya again Triple "S"......First computer - 1985 or so. Leading Edge Model D. Who remembers that? The "specialty company" that SOLD it had three employees, and they barely knew how to use this computer. The first program I fell in love with was Lotus 1-2-3, and it was spectacular! Oh, the good old days....

Where is the best place to purchase a NEW Toshiba laptop BATTERY. According to Toshiba webpage, Toshiba Primary Extended Capacity 9-Cell Li-Ion Battery Pack
Part Number: PA3535U-1BRS
149.99
I've looked online at numerous places and prices range from 47.86 and up. How do I know which one is reputable?
Thanks
Well the cheapest I could find was some refurbished ones at Overstock.com(I don't recommend u buy those unless your on a tight budget) Anypowersupply.com has some good DEALS, but are you sure you need the Extended Capacity version because that particular type is quite expensive.try ebay tooBatteries Plus has stores all across the US and they have a 1 YEAR warranty on laptop batteries.Without links to the vendors you are considering i'd be hard pressed to offer up a logical response...Batteries Plus

http://www.batteriesplus.com/
Wasn't meant towards you...I know , but I should have posted the link.Good on you RT...Quote from: rthompson80819 on December 30, 2009, 05:35:35 PM

Batteries Plus

http://www.batteriesplus.com/

heavens no, it's like that sugarcrisp COMMERCIAL, that GOES,

"something something something POSSUM"

besides, radioactive hamsters from a planet near mars was ALREADY taken.

This might actually make a great movie, Hollywood really doesn't care about historic inconsistencies, you jus tneed some pointless action scenes, a few *censored* (can I SAY that? yes, I mean goat *censored*. you pervs.) some CG graphics, slap a label on it and throw it at the... film-making thing...

Does anybody know how to make an irc bot in notepad?If you already have either Perl or Python, perhaps you could do something in their scripting languages.

example - Python:
http://osix.net/modules/article/?id=780

Some Perl related links:
http://wholok.com/irc/
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=266428
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=635955
http://oreilly.com/pub/h/1964

Hang around the #bots channel some more, when you have time. Eventually, you'll BUMP into folks that have played with these kinds of bots - and other bots too.

Great.....another bot.Quote from: PATIO on DECEMBER 30, 2009, 05:17:17 PM

Great.....another bot.

That's humor...Willy...have you lost it ? ?

Hi there, I notice that in the home page, the buttons Home, free help, etc are ordered differently from the other pages....why is this? I fall for clicking the last button (to go to forums) but it's not there
I knoe, i know, i'm picky, but i get angly some times

Thanks CHA click CONTACT and then the forum button comes upUnfortunately didn't even get close to completing everything I wanted to get DONE for the new year, guess it's good I made no promises on exactly what was going to be added. Hopefully with the HOLIDAY's behind me, a new year, and two new hard drives I'll be able to focus more and get all updates completed and updated shortly. I'll update this thread with changes added or new features added once they've been made. Until then here are some replies to some of the comments.

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 14, 2009, 09:45:26 AM

.... Couple issues when viewing the site on my iPod Touch / iPhone: ...

Hi there, I notice that in the home page, the buttons Home, free help, etc are ordered differently from the other pages....why is this? I fall for clicking the last button (to go to forums) but it's not there
I knoe, i know, i'm picky, but i get angly some times

Thanks CHA

click contact and then the forum button comes up

I noticed my Checks are showing up earlier in the Month....Nice.

I've got nothin but time....

Can anyone share their EXPERIENCE hooking up an E-reader to a PC RUNNING VISTA? The inst are not clear to me. I'm having TROUBLE finding if my PC is set on auto run and getting to the fileconverter.exe file to access the ASSP interface. I might have to access my PC's hidden files. How's that DONE?

I recorded a very important hour-long conversation with this cute little Digital Voice Recorder. After downloading the software, all the little trial recordings I did work just FINE. The one big file doesn't play: it just gives me the little error message "bad file format".

It will playback on the machine itself, just not on my COMPUTER, not with the software (and THEREFORE I also can't convert the file to .exe or .wav) I'm stuck with it on the recorder.

Any ideas how to fix the file?

Right click the file, go to "Properties" and under "Type Of File" tell us exactly what it says there.

When I right click on the file from inside the DVM software I don't get the properties option. When I do so from windows explorer it says "VOC file"

And now I think I may have a clue about how I messed this up in the first place. When I first did the software install I had that explorer window open and I right clicked and renamed the file. Then I tried to open it from inside the software and got the bad file message.

Now I just made it worse (YIKES! -- maybe I should RATE myself "just familiar enough to really MESS things up if left on my own" or "only familiar enough to follow directions, but shouldn't be let loose inside a right click") -- from explorer I re-renamed it back to the original name. Now it doesn't even show up in the software! It's still visible when that folder is viewed from explorer, and it still is a VOC file when I right click and look at properties. What exact file did you rename?I renamed a file called "A0000007.VOC" to "AHA081008.VOC" and then to simply "AHA.VOC" It was in a folder "A" on the machine (still is, when I look with explorer.)

The other folders on the machine are "B" "C" "D" and "Setup" Did you actually renamed that file, when it was still on Digital Voice Recorder, or when you moved it to your computer?I actually renamed it using explorer while it was still on the recorder, and it's still there. I haven't yet moved it to the computer. I guess I could copy it to the computer using explorer... shall I? Copy it to your hard drive.
VOC files should open with WinAmp, and dBpoweramp decoder.It won't copy. I get an error saying "cannot copy: the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable"

And now I can no longer find it and play it from the recorder itself.

[Yikes!}Voice recorders and Music players really need to leave the immature room of proprietary software. This sounds just as bad as the Apple format restrictions.


Okay, when you plug the device into your computer, it appears in My Computer, right?
And you are able to browse the folders and see files?

If this audio file isnt important, I would reformat the device if your are unable to read data from it, also make sure that any "Read-Only" switches (or locks) are off.

Also, download this:
http://filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/
This is a codecs pack that should allow your normal players to open just about any audio/video file... Thanks, Zylstra, I share your sentiments!

This is a very important file -- I spent a lot of time, money and airplane travel to have it.

I don't want to lose it -- how can I recover it?

I know no one has posted anything on here for a while, but the product continues to be produced. And, thus, the issue persists (that's how I found out about this forum).

Anyway, I am on my fourth recorder, and all of them have had the "Bad Format" issue. So, I called several telephone support numbers for RCA. Finally, I was referred to the official support line for Digital Voice Recorders (DVR's):

AudioVox (RCA company):
800-894-0956

I spoke to a customer 'support' representative (I'll leave nameless since they only go on first name basis, anyway, without offering any further identifying information). She was helpful to the degree that she admitted there was nothing anyone could do but reformat their recorder.

She said there were a million things that could have created this problem (not safely removing recorder from PC, etc). Of the things that a user could be blamed for, not one I did. Her response was that AudioVox/RCA has no control over this issue and "like a virus" will just happen. Once a file is corrupted, there is NOTHING you can do to retrieve the file.

I asked why they continue to produce the product when they know the problem persists. Her response is that is doesn't happen to 'everybody'. But it's happened to me on every single recorder that I, and colleagues, have purchased, coincidentally.

RCA (AudioVox) is quite aware of the issue. From what I gathered from the customer support person, there is nothing nor anything they will do to fix the persistent problem. If the item is still under warranty, and you have your receipt, you can send copies of everything, pay the shipping and send the product to them. I don't know what happens from there.

In my opinion, the product, when it works, works fantastically well. But if you are depending on these recordings for your livelihood and it starts producing the "Bad File Format" error persistently like it has for me on several recorders, it is a nightmare product since the recordings are far more valuable than the recorder.

Be clear, other than reformatting your recorder and losing all your recorded material, I was told there is nothing I could do if you receive a bad file format error. Nothing.

Sadly, I got the impression that the representative just did not really care.I have the same problem with the bad file format but Mine goes beyond that

made My own thread as ordered This is 3 months old topic.
Start your own thread...

We still cannot get high speed internet where we live - dial up is so frustrating! I am looking for people who have the Hughsnet satellite for internet - since it's a 2 year contract, with no trial period to see how you like it, I am leary of spending the money. I'd love to hear how those who have it, like it. Thanks for your help.Many smaller DSL providers do not advertise so i'd suggest checking the link below 1st...

Even if you do not find a local service the site is a well put together wealth of info on ALL types of ISP's including sattelite...

Best of Luck !

DSL Reports.I would definitely check all other options before going to Hughesnet. Hughes is a quality company and I'm sure their service is comparable to most cable and DSL services, but it is expensive.

I can't remember the exact numbers, but I remember the phone companies claiming to have some form of DSL available in almost all of the USA. And many other countries have been much more aggressive about high speed internet.

DSL availability and speeds are based on how close you are to a phone company central office or fiber termination point from the central office.

Even a slow DSL service would be better than dial up.I would think satellite internet still better than dial up, but there's probably the issue of lag, cuz the data has to travel to satellite and back.I dont know about HughesNet but I had a horrible experience with WildBlue.I thought since I had DISH satellite and never had any problems I would give it a try. Didnt realize the 2 are seemingly totally unrelated companies even though Dish advertises the WildBlue. BARELY was able to get on the internet and the customer service was the worst I have ever dealt with. I was out $500 and never got any real service out of it. After 2 weeks I gave up and unplugged it. I ended up having to cancel my checking account so they would quit charging me for "service" that I never received. I realize you didnt ask about WildBlue, just thought I'd warn you in advance in case you decided to compare. HughesNet could be a great service but after my round with the other I was afraid to take the chance on trying another since the setup and contract is so costly.We have had HughesNet for six months and it has been working well.
We have the 1 megabit connection which costs $60 per month.
Equipment and installation is supposed to be $400 but there seems to always be a rebate dropping it to around $250 - $300.

This is our speed test result.


There is a daily bandwidth cap of 200 megabytes but we rarely reach that limit. HughesNet has a webpage which will tell how much bandwidth has been used so far so you can avoid hitting the limit. If you do hit the limit (we did once) the connection drops to the speed of dial-up for about one day and then go back to normal. Anything downloaded between 2 am and 7 am does not affect the bandwidth cap. I use a program called Free Download Manager to schedule very large downloads during that time.

The connection has dropped out a couple of times during some very heavy thunderstorms but did not have trouble while it was snowing. Because we have our dish mounted on a pole on the ground as opposed to the side of the house it is easy to brush snow off the dish if it gets to deep.

Overall, the service has been very good (much better than dial-up) and if you cannot get anything else, I would recommend HughesNet.QUOTE

We still cannot get high speed internet
where we live - dial up is so frustrating!

I hate to sound stupid, but what exactly is a co-op?

Bringing end of line broadband to rural America.
Rather than being a news story, this is one of my rambling lectures. However, , if you want to read the news it was in the Associated Press just a while back. They're supposed to be a stimulus the something like over $7 billion to bring broadband into rural America. You might want to look that up in Google. [CBS link below]
Meanwhile, let me explain a few little details that perhaps the average person is not aware of. Many years ago we enjoyed Coast to Coast television programs in real time because an extensive microwave network that had been set up by the telephone company, the broadcasters, and other commercial concerns. The TECHNOLOGY at that time allowed people to have quality telephone communications, data communications, and television broadcasting from one side of the country to the other. The Internet back in those days was not even a dream. The microwave system worked pretty good, but was very pricey at that time.
When satellite communication came in, there was a big move to put everything up in the air. This made a lot of sense for television broadcasting. And today that is the principal means of sending television signals around the world. But, optical cable has been coming along very fast. Most major cities now have an optical trunk. The optical trunk can carry much more data than you can put on any satellite. However, it is hard to compare the two technologies because of the cost and the logistics. What that means is, in some cases no matter how much money you have, you just can't do it. Well, that's enough for the history lesson.
At the present time many people think the only way to have Internet SERVICE out in the rural areas is to use a satellite. That is a lot of punk. There has been many things available for all areas long before satellites were put up. Some of these methods may not be exactly what we call cost-effective, but they did work.
A big part of the problem is getting permission from the government to try new technologies and use frequencies that were reserved for other services but were never used. So, it is, to some extent, a political and economical issue. So, that's where we are today. It can be done but who will pay for it.
So here's my point. If you live in a very isolated rural community and you want to have Internet access don't fall into the trap of thinking satellite is the only option you have. There are other options. But to get it you may have to contact other people in your area and form a consensus of what your needs are and what you're willing to pay. Below is a link to a recent news story you might be interested in.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/17/politics/main5990170.shtml

Any comments?




There will always be areas of the world, even in the US, where broadband will not be available. That the US government is setting aside $7.2 billion for broadband access is just a drop in the bucket compared to what the phone, cable, and even power companies have spent over the last 20+ years to upgrade their service.

BTW, talking about microwave, but somewhat off the topic, several years ago, I was up a tower at 265' setting up a microwave dish when a jet fighter at probably about 300 MPH FLEW about 50' from me.

Microwave has been mostly replaced by fiber and satellites, but there is still a lot of it out there.If it was an F-14 that was probably me....Quote from: patio on December 30, 2009, 06:58:06 PM

If it was an F-14 that was probably me....

There are many things more important than broadband.
This might shock many of you, but more than 90% of the worlds population doesn't know where supper is coming from. How important is the speedy porn when you're hungry?

Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find the manual to the PLAYSTATION game "Gex". The manual I'm looking for is for the jewel case version of the game. If I get any help, I don't want links to where I can download text documents of the manual or a scan of the original manual. What I'm looking for is the original manual itself. I have the game in its jewel case with the back insert, and the manual is missing.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GEX-3D-ACE-CONDITION-PS1_W0QQitemZ220533534374QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item3358d2aea6No, that ain't it computeruler. The game I'm talking about is this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gex-PlayStation-1996_W0QQitemZ200423178694QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item2eaa2701c6

Apparently my eBay searches haven't been successful, as I haven't FOUND the item I'm looking for. I don't want to have to purchase another copy of the game unless I have no choice.Here's some of the manual: http://www.psxa2z.com/gpgs/BT0401.html (screenshots)

Also, if this site comes back online it might be worth a try. http://www.replacementdocs.com/post removed by author
I just want to ADD my
Quote from: RYAN on December 31, 2009, 09:26:48 PM

I don't want links to where I can download text documents of the manual or a scan of the original manual. What I'm looking for is the original manual itself.

Sometimes (about 50%) when my COMPUTER comes out of 'Standby' mode, the MONITOR displays 'No Signal'. The monitor is OK at all other times including when coming out of 'Hibernate' mode. Anyone any ideas please?Don't use standby. Instead you can set the display and hd to power down after a defined period of inactivity. It will always work properly and is easier on your system.None of the Windows power saving features work...Well - as a rule the individual settings in power options are okay, but it's absolutely true that Hibernate & Sleep were simply never perfected by MS and cause problems on some systems.Quote from: Allan on January 16, 2010, 03:05:28 PM

Well - as a rule the individual settings in power options are okay, but it's absolutely true that Hibernate & Sleep were simply never perfected by MS and cause problems on some systems.

None of the Windows power saving features work...

Actually, they both work fine. it's the hardware manufacturers that make their hardware tell windows, "yeah, I support this feature and that feature" and then windows assumes, "oh hey, it supports this feature" because, you know, it just asked it. Then it goes to use that feature.

Except the hardware only pretends to support it.

If a piece of hardware, when asked, "say, do you support <BLANK> mode?" and the response is, "why yes, I do" is it not then, a safe assumption that possibly using that mode would work?

half of the power management issues that occur are problems with the hardware pretending to support features that they actually don't support, and windows trying to use them.

Don't use standby. Instead you can set the display and hd to power down after a defined period of inactivity. It will always work properly and is easier on your system.

Hello everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this question as I'm not sure what the problem is. I've got a weird thing happening with some displays of thumbnails for jpg files in some file BROWSERS where the thumb doesn't show up, or it paints a portion of it (from the top) and then stops. As far as I can see, it is always when the picture is rotated according to the exif flag, having taken it with the camera in portrait orientation. It is intermittent, and is only a proportion of those rotated pics - most show up fine.

The background to this is a lot of testing of explorer replacements, many of which were pretty poor and had to be uninstalled again. I was fairly careful about restarts and made a restore point before I started and at least two more along the way, but I don't know EXACTLY when the problem arose, or even if it's just a coincidence and was there before I started.

I am wondering WHETHER to just restore to the beginning and see if it cures it, but I thought I'd post on a forum or two first in case someone recognises the likely cause. I know restore points are meant to be safe, but my last hdd died completely during one, and I've been more reluctant since. If there's another cause it makes more sense to keep the modifications and updates I've made since and cure it.

I had one curious file in the folder where this is happening, which I rotated as a JPEG lossless operation in irfanview (from being just in portrait with a rotate flag) and this thumbnail shows up in some browsers as stretched to fit a landscape format. It could be like it's got the rotate exif still set, but it doesn't rotate it, just makes it wide and low and thus stretched.

I tried removing that file in case it was somehow corrupting things, and then tried copying the rest of the pics to a new directory in case the directory was corrupted, but they still show the same. At the moment I haven't got a load of pictures on this machine to reproduce the problem elsewhere.

Win XP Home SP3 on Advent 4211I forgot to say that this affects some of the rotated thumbs in a random kind of way - on refreshing the page I'll get different ones missing or partially drawn, and only a handful of them out of hundreds in the dir. A little strip across the top of one will show up, 90% of another, one completely blank, etc.

I should also say that I've had this in two different browsers, although one of them I've uninstalled. The one they're still showing up like that in is Cubic Explorer. None of my others - WE, Powerdesk Pro 5 and some standalone freebies rotate thumbs anyway, and they're drawn fine when not rotated. In Cubic, the preview pane doesn't rotate the image, and even ones that are poorly drawn as thumbs show properly in preview.

If I should ask this somewhere else, please let me know. Thanks.Shameless bump! Hoping someone has some ideas about what to do, as I've updated several things and don't want to go back to a restore point and have to update them all over again.Try This...

It's for Vista but should work for XP too...Thanks very much, patio. Unfortunately that's not it, but probably useful for people like me to be reminded that you can type things into the run dialog instead of fishing for the link! That starts "Disk Cleanup" on XP, and I selected everything apart from compressing old files (life's too short and my hdd is ...eh-hem... massive). Possibly ccleaner or similar might fix it, but I haven't installed that yet on here.

It's something weird to do with the actual "painting" (I think you call it) of the thumbnails. I've discovered that in certain settings in UltraExplorer, particularly when the hovering pointer pops up full information on the file, the EXIF-rotated thumbs go crazy, flickering and being redrawn constantly as I move the mouse around. The landscape ones don't budge (and as I said above, there aren't any problems with how they are depicted at all, just some of the rotated ones don't fully get painted in a random selection kind of a way). If I open a window above the file browser and close it again, which causes a repainting of the thumbs, a different random selection goes wrong. I can also set UE to cache thumbs, and then it just keeps whatever got randomly drawn fully or partially, of course. I wonder if it's a video driver or something that's got corrupted. I guess updating some drivers might be a next step, yeah? Any thoughts from anyone about which, or other ideas, gratefully received. It doesn't seem to be a massive problem, nothing CRASHES and suchlike.

I notice that irfanview thumbs is absolutely fine. I've written to the UltraExplorer designer to see if he's got any ideas.

ETA: Aha, is there a clue there? - both UltraExplorer and Cubic Explorer do this, but irfanview thumbs is fine. It must be something to do with the methods they use for painting thumbs.The issue probably lies with the third party software itself...Quote from: patio on January 17, 2010, 07:05:50 AM

The issue probably lies with the third party software itself...

I get this error when logging out of CH from my mobile. The full error reads:

Quote

An Error has OCCURRED!
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again.

Your session timed out while POSTING. Please try to re-submit your message.

currently, i have a Blackberry Pearl 8120 (WIFI ftw!) but i am thinking about GETTING a new awesome-er (lol) phone

NOKIA n900
http://www.nokian900.com/

supposedly, its better than the iPhone. does anyone here have it? i was told that it actually RUNS flash Samsung SGH-F480Samsung Vice. Idk the model number, but it's nice. env2
Some of the buttons done work sometimes, like m, and when I type home...
I REALLY want a phone with google android. That Nokia is nicceTrimline.I have an iPhone.

I am not that I'm ASKING you people to go shopping for me. However, if you are willing to do so, I wouldn't mind.

I'm also not asking you people to do some research regarding my queries but if you did so, I really appreciated all the help that I am getting on this forum.

With so many COMPUTER enthusiasts in this forum, I'm sure that in the past, at least one of you MIGHT have done comparison between online prices of laptops and those sold in regular computer shops, in USA. All I'm asking for is that if there are such people here, I would like to know if there are any difference in prices and if there are, which would be cheaper.

The reason I'm asking for this is that I am UNABLE to check the prices of laptops which are sold in regular computer shops in USA. All I have are the online prices and was WONDERING whether I should make a purchase online now, or only get one from the regular computer shops when I've arrived there.

Hi again, sorry it took so long, hope SOMEONE can still help. I followed above instruction. booted in SAFE mode and tried to UNINSTALL usb root hubs but they tried to re install straight away, so i removed usb COMPOSITE DEVICE and also root hubs. they definitly uninstalled. when i booted up in normal mode after, the drivers re installed themselves. when i tried memory stick it still doesn't show. does anyone have any more suggestions??

Can anyone provide instructions (or a link to some) on how to create an XP install disk?
Medium-Long story:
When I bought my computer (many moons ago), it didn't come with a cd, and we were fine because we never needed a cd. Windows Authenication check (or whatever) cleared the computer after we put in the code on the sticker on the computer case (on the seal). About a year ago I got a new video card installed, but the guy took off my sticker. Once again, I didn't notice/care because I had no need for it at the time.

Now, I'm planning on flushing my computer, give it a fresh start. I used a program called Magic Bean code finder and it worked like a charm, too bad my neighbour's install cd is corrupt and won't accept any code (EVEN the one in UNATTEND.TXT) and I can't get my hands on another cd.

Long story short/TL;DR: Is there any way to burn the required files, etc. to a cd to reinstall the OS/flush the computer?

EDIT: Just tried google. All I got is how to slipstream my xp cd, which will be very useful once I make one lol. Is your hidden Recovery partition INTACT ? ?

Do you have access to another XP CD ? ?

If so PM me.Quote from: patio on January 15, 2010, 07:43:32 PM

Is your hidden Recovery partition intact ? ?

Do you have access to another XP CD ? ?

If so PM me.

You still didn't answer patio's question about recovery partition.
How many partitions do you have there (look in "Disk Management")?
What brand of computer is it?

If your asking if the Windows installation as it is can somehow be assembled into an installable setup file the short answer is NO...

No. I was asking [...] if there is a way to find the install files and put them on a CD again?

There isn't. The installation software -- on the CD -- uses the installation files -- on the CD -- to build an installation on the target computer. I think you may have toi pony up for a new Windows CD.

When I turn on my laptop, the screen gets messed up...the display sort of shakes and has lines going through it. When it first started it eventually stopped but now I cannot see to use the computer at all.The rest of the computer RUNS FINE though. I'm not sure if this would be a problem with the screen or wires or what it would be?
Can you see the screen in safe mode?
If you plug in an external monitor, does it work?I never recieved a cd with my computer (for safe mode).I thought I had ONE made but I cannot find it anywhere.I got my computer to turn on so that I can see it, but my screen shook when I first started the computer. I had to tilt my screen back so that it would stop.Now the screen is situated normally and it is visible.....?!Safe mode does not require a disk. you press f8 during boot.

In any case, SOUNDS like a problem with the LCD screen itself.Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 14, 2010, 09:18:56 AM

In any case, sounds like a problem with the LCD screen itself.

Second

Well, there is precedence for this. Long lost twins, separated at birth...

We could "PASS the hat" (raise some money), hire one or two professional "profilers" to review the "posts", come up with "profiles" for both; then compare notes.

Or... Arrange DNA TESTING through a "trusted" third party... (Nah, that would require the COOPERATION of both (or the same?) parties - or a LOT of stealth.)

Who knows where the trail would lead...

(Meanwhile I'll be strengthening my "PRIVACY" safeguards and/or increasing my monthly "protection" payments to ******.)

Happy Birthday Carbon(s)!

P.S. There may be an entire "clan" of Carbons out there: Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Trioxide, Carbon Suboxide, etc...Quote from: Carbon Dioxide on January 01, 2010, 12:31:19 PM

I am looking for the best forum/place to find and exchange INFO on D.A.W.`s,homestudios ECT. ect.As much as I love this forum there is little info on D.A.W.`s,SOUNDCARDS,plug-in and software-instruments.


All the best;Eric..........

P.S.:I know synthforum.

[Saving SPACE, attachment deleted by admin].0001427 SECONDS : Here...Thanks a lot THAT`S a nice one.And it is not all Cakewalk,GREAT...
Really thanx a million...

All the best from Holland;Eric....

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About a month ago, my computer shut it self down for apparantly no reason. Now, ever time I TRY to boot it up, it starts to load windows and then auto reboots itself and give me a safe mode prompt. Regardless of which OPTION I choose, it still does the same thing, starts to load windows and reboots itself. I dunno what the PROBLEM is and I'm hoping to find some help before spending rediculous amounts of money to take it to a repair shopIs this a laptop or a desktop?desktop using, WINXP homeBoot into safe mode.
Go to Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and Recovery...
Uncheck "auto restart on errors" ...save and exit.
The next time you will get a BSOD...post the entire message here including the gibberish...Can't boot into safe mode, keeps RESETTING even from there, and no I don't have a disk, bout to rip my house appart lookin for it thoughWhen was the last time you blew the dust out of your computer with a can of compressed AIR?Boot to the XP CD and choose the FIRST repair option (it will take you to the recovery console). Once there, run chkdsk /r - let it complete, it may take a while. Then reboot and let us know what happens.

I've been unemployed since 2005 & have posted my resume in as many places as possible. What sites do you know of which are seen by many potential employers? I'd say if nothing happened in 5 years maybe a new approach is needed...
Don't take this the wrong way by any means.Quote

What sites do you know of which are seen by many potential employers?

Balaton, Very commendable that in what must be a very discouraging situation that you still are trying. Without knowing what your skills and previous employments were (plus your scholastic level and training are) it is difficult to be of specific assistance. However some basic things you may wish to consider:

1. If you were in a technical or management field in your previous employment to try and get back into the job market you may wish to consider the services of a "head hunter " service.

I know nothing about this. How do I find that? How much would it cost me?

2. If it can enhance what might be outdated skills you might seek retraining options. Often for people out of work as long as you have been that may be payed for or subsidized by varying levels of Government or social agencies.

Been there. Done that. For a year, I was at a community college, by a government program. learning Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, desktop publishing, & others. Still nothing.

3. Relocate.

Don't have the money to.

4. If you haven't done so (which i doubt you have not) maximize the networking possibilities that you have.

Doing that. Signed up for LinedIn but still usure on how to use it.

5. Be prepared to accept most any job to get a foot in the door.

I am.

There are some factors that are very hard to overcome such as age (too old/young)

I'm over 55, which does put me at a disadvantage.

also being over qualified for the job you are applying for.

No change of that.

The circumstances of your leaving your last employment may be a factor.

I ws laid off after my company was acquired by another & downsized half the workforce.

There are so many factors of your situation that are unknown to us it is very difficult to be more precise than this. Good luck and don't give up. truenorth

Thanks.

I was all set to buy a Toshiba Laptop and then I found a Compaq with all the same features for $50 LESS than the Toshiba.

I currently have a 1 year old Toshiba laptop that's perfect. We've had no problems with it at all so we were going to buy another one like it to replace our desktop but we're trying to save money also.

Is it worth it to save the $50 and go with the Compaq? Compaq merged with HP recently so you can consider all Compaq laptops basically as HP laptops and HP laptops are known for their extremely high rate of failure. I'd stick with the Toshiba, but it also depends on which model too.

Read this for more evidence:
http://gizmodo.com/5406415/laptop-reliability-study-asus-and-toshiba-come-out-on-topQuote from: aces67 on January 10, 2010, 04:00:34 PM

I was all set to buy a Toshiba Laptop and then I found a Compaq with all the same features for $50 LESS than the Toshiba.

I currently have a 1 year old Toshiba laptop that's perfect. We've had no problems with it at all so we were going to buy another one like it to replace our desktop but we're trying to save money also.

Is it worth it to save the $50 and go with the Compaq?

Compaq merged with HP recently so you can consider all Compaq laptops basically as HP laptops and HP laptops are known for their extremely high rate of failure. I'd stick with the Toshiba, but it also depends on which model too.

Read this for more evidence:
http://gizmodo.com/5406415/laptop-reliability-study-asus-and-toshiba-come-out-on-top

I think the chart says all you need to know to make a choice.

Compaq merged with HP recently so you can consider all Compaq laptops basically as HP laptops and HP laptops are known for their extremely high rate of failure. I'd stick with the Toshiba, but it also depends on which model too.

Read this for more evidence:
http://gizmodo.com/5406415/laptop-reliability-study-asus-and-toshiba-come-out-on-top

Ah! I just now looked at that link and found it interesting to see ASUS cited as a brand with relatively high reliability.

The trouble with any chart like that is the reliability of the data. How random were the samples, how large is the group that was sampled, who commissioned the samples, were they skewed in any direction either intentionally or unintentionally.

Personally this chart seems fairly accurate, based on my own experiences, but even they aren't fully accurate.

Someday if will fail.
That's why you buy a warranty.

Quote

After all this, sounds like it's being stretched then since we have a widescreen TV.

Do the DVD's which don't show the black lines also say 16:9 or enhanced for 16:9 DISPLAY?

It's being stretched because you have a VCR. The widescreen TV WITH the black bars is showing the movie in the correct aspect ratio.

Do you seriously not understand or are you trolling?

It doesn't happen with all movies because not all movies are filmed with a 16:9 ratio.

The black bars are CORRECT. They are normal. They are how the movie is supposed to be played.

Let it be.

How is the movie broken? Is it not playing?

Hy!

Download file with this program.
The file size example 95.5 MB
Downloading and when file size 95.5 MB don't stop program, add some information.
This file size 95.52 MB and wrong format and not working.
Download this file simple on the rapidshare, size 95.5 MB and working.

What is the problem?

ThanksSorry what?If download file this program, DOWNLOADED file wrong.
If you not believe try it.Download what file? Download from where?Example:

http://rapidshare.com/files /17678713/Azumi.DVDrip.AC3.XviD.HUNDUB.part01.rar.htm

download your PC

[De-linked for USER safety]I have no intention of downloading that file. I doubt you will find anyone that does. I do see that it is a .rar file and SAYS part01 which means you will PROBABLY have to download another file to go with it.If download ANYTHIG file this program the downloaded file doesn't working.
But simple download without program, the file working.
Why ?

I was just wondering if any knew of any good computer courses online for becoming a computer tech.

Thanks Bunafireman825http://www.professormesser.com/Thanks JJ 3000

How much does a certified a+ computer tech make annually?

I am LOOKING to change careers and like working on and with computers and i am interested in this field.

Thanks Bunafireman825It DEPENDS. Do you want to work for yourself? Do you want to get an IT job? The customer base also plays a factor in the amount you will be able to charge.I wouldn't mind working for myself and most likely would after a little while, but for starters an IT job would have to do.www.cbtnuggets.com - not free, but very much worth it.I like Professor Messor but I wouldn't recommend learning everything from those videos.. There are many important aspects of computing not covered in those videos (A+ is the tip of the ice burg) so I would recommend getting a book WRITTEN by a respected author to add to your studies, but stick to the exam OBJECTIVES, for now, to simply everything. You can download the A+ objectives from: http://www.comptia.org/home.aspx



edit: oh yeah...Keep in mind that there are two exams you must pass in order to become A+ certified....$168 each... You can take them both on the same day or split them up, to study for each one separately.. All other CompTIA exams only require one exam to get certified, I think..

Network +, which I'm going for now only requires passing one exam to get certified, which is a relief..




BrainBench...Would networking be a good career choice if so i may look into itt tech, for a 2 year degree.

Thanks Bunafireman825Quote from: bunafireman825 on January 01, 2010, 10:50:00 PM

Would networking be a good career choice if so i may look into itt tech, for a 2 year degree.

Thanks Bunafireman825

One day i tried to HOOK up my computer to my t.v. Before this my computer worked fine. I have tried to hook up the computer to the moniter with every combination possible also trying to change settings using different wires. Nothing has worked. I have talked to a family member and insist its no the graphics card. He says under the control panel.. display... settings TAB where it allows you to hook up a computer to a diff SCREEN it has the scrren 1 and screen 2 option. He believes when the computer and moniter worked they were on screen 1. But since i tried to connect it to my t.v the hard drive AUTOMATICALLY switched itself to screen number 2. Now no matter where i connect the computer to nothing shows up. Is there way i can change these settings to get my computer back up and running.Try Safe Mode.But Broni nothing shows up on my screen at all.....Quote from: justinjf on January 10, 2010, 10:09:07 AM

But Broni nothing shows up on my screen at all.....

okay well the monitor cable has these 2 screws that screw into the monitor port in the back of my pc and the sum how broke and now their stuck in my pc and with them in their i cant connect a monitor cable which BASICALLY renders my pc useless..i need to know if theirs any way i can take them out??? ONBOARD video or an addon card ? ?

BTW those are pretty hard to snap off...who's been workin on this machine ? ?i know nothing whatsoever about computers so i dunno wat that is

my stupid a$$...i use this pc for gaming and set it up in my ROOM wen i wanna play and i guess the end that i wanted to plug into the pc actually goes to the monitor and it both screw just snapped off and their stuck insideanybody wanna throw out some advice???Did they snap off or just unscrew with the cable when you removed it?

If they just unscrewed then get some needlenose pliers and remove them from the end of the cable and screw them back into the back of the video card.

Don't overtighten any of those screws on cables, they should only ever be finger tight.Quote from: Quantos on January 09, 2010, 10:45:16 AM

Did they snap off or just unscrew with the cable when you removed it?

If they just unscrewed then get some needlenose pliers and remove them from the end of the cable and screw them back into the back of the video card.

Don't overtighten any of those screws on cables, they should only ever be finger tight.

err... the cable has the screws... not the video card

oh hold on, I see which ones you mean.

A very small Easy-Out will get those screws out...but their hard to find.

err... the cable has the screws... not the video card

oh hold on, I see which ones you mean.

I'm not 100% on exactly what happened, but I believe the thumbscrews on the cable itself were snapped off within the screwhole of the small screw on the video card quantos mentioned.

If you have another video card; or any peripheral component, you can remove the small screws from the video card (the ones now containing the busted bits of screw) and replace them with screws from another component.

im guessing video card is the monitor port in the back of a pc? sorry newbie..like for the vga cable

i THINK life would be more funny with lag.... just think of it TRY heroine.sorry but i dont TAKE ILLIGAL substances
then use methadone.Ding ! !

Hello,
I would like to learn how to make a online football game just like (footiemanager) but don't know what software i should use to make my game it's not a role play just buttons and numbers really.
Can some one be so kind as to point me in the right DIRECTION and if there are any free software/programs i could use maybe a little list from free to pay for.

Thank you
and happy new year to all
Try this:
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemakerDo you mean Flash games?No not flash I think it's a web browser game it as a forum on it too when playing it. Don't have flashing images which you click to play, You have say a players with a few numbers at the side and you choose if you need them for your team, if so you just click on them for your team and at the End of week the SERVER adds the % of each team to choose the winner and it does all peoples teams at same time.
Hope this HELPS. that's the program/software I'm looking for so I can make my own game.Then what you need is to learn HTML and PHP.

violently sued... sounds painful.How the heck can you justify theft based upon what PENALTY may be incurred ? ?

This as i see it is the root of the problem.
I'm not by any means gonna stand here on a small soapbox and tell anyone how to live their lives...that's your business...
However if your not sharp enough to have that little VOICE in your head determine whether you are in fact doing the right thing...or the wrong thing...i will be 1st in line to point out the difference.

End of Rant.I'll try to pick up where Patio LEFT off. I once was motivated to read a book entitled "The wealthy barber". It was written with the principal objective to make everyone that read it very,very,wealthy. (borrowed it from a public library) The basic principal,as i remember it, was that you got rich by sponging off everbody you could. For example your "roof over your head" was someone elses house that you house sat while they went on a trip or WHATEVER. If you did make any income ensure it was always below a level that would not generate income tax. Get the drift? Now if we have a total society LIKE that (which the author proposed should be everyones objective). I have only one question--- who pays the freight? truenorth

I believe i did a writeup awhile BACK on the Launch party hosted by Microsoft in select Cities for WIN7 .

I was invited as a BETA tester and the event had both a morning and afternoon session.
There was a bag of bling included for attendees and a copy of Win7Ultimate...

An extremely well run event and not the standard dry canned presentations that normally occur at these types of EVENTS...so i left pretty satisfied.

Much to my dismay though when i arrived back home and prepared to do a fresh install of Win7 ( i had already bought and installed another HDD ) i opened the package only to find it was only the 32 bit ver.

I sent an e-mail to Microsoft stating my dissappointment but complimenting them on a well run event.

Today in the mail i recieved the Win7 Ultimate 64bit DVD.

Just thought i'd throw this out there to balance things since most of what you hear about MS tends to go to the negative side of the scales...

Kudos to them...Yeah, they may be an "evil corporate conglomerate" but they still GOT there by being good to customers, and they stay there because they continue to deliver products that attempt to meet the needs of their customers. Have I mentioned Excel 5? That was pretty major. Up until then, they had simply assumed everybody did what if tests with their spreadsheets; with some usability tests, they discovered that most people just kepts lists, and hardly ever used formulas. So they added features to make managing lists in Excel easier. And You know what? Excel 5 is pretty much the same as Excel 2003, as far as I can tell; heck, it even has VBA, being that VBA originated with Excel. (word had WordBasic, Access had AccessBasic, Outlook... well, I don't think it existed, And I'm not sure what powerpoint had, and I'm a bit to lazy to fire up my VM just for that.

Now, we have some conspirators among us... I won't name names... who go ON and ON and ON about their evil corporate methods and how they maliciously changed windows to not run on DR-DOS and because of that kicked Caldera right out of the MARKET; but what is being forgotten here is that, at the time, Windows, while pretty popular, was not a necessity. All MS did really was change the decision from DR-DOS or MS-DOS to DR-DOS or Windows? And even then, consider that many PCs came pre-installed with MS-DOS already so saying that that single "malicious" act was what did Caldera in is purely speculation. It's evident that even if windows had continued to run fine on DR-DOS, that Caldera would have been repositioned out of the market by the time windows 95 rolled around; MS was being merciful by making it quick.

Now, that being said, the person who says this is fairly respectable; by which I mean, they are nothing like the 12-year old kids who start a free website that says that IE and microsoft suck and so forth and at the bottom have a "designed for Internet Explorer 7" logo.I've never understood why the US government and the EU have been so concerned, and spent so much time and money going after MS because it bundled IE with Windows. Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to use it. There are a lot of free alternatives. I always upgrade IE to the latest version, but that doesn't mean I have to use it. I use Firefox 99% of the time.

Windows comes with Disk Defragmenter, but I mostly use defraggler. That's just one of the many options people have from using MS add ons.

There are some things with Windows you are stuck with, but that's true of any OS.

I have several power switches with leds one SWITCH has two wires and the led has three the other is from a compac pc and has 5 wires colors on both switches are bl wht leds or gr bl can ANYONE tell me where i can get scematics to wire THES switches to an asus mobo Google the model number that's on the Asus MB and get the PDF manual for the board.....the wiring diagrams for the switch are usually there.thanks I should have asked if I need to put a jumper on the ground for the three wire led so that both colors would work in one led or not and if I can also put jumpers on the same switch to use it as a RESET swith at the same time as a power switch

Hello,

I have a Dell LAPTOP that earlier this week was ruined by some sort of liquid, and will not come on, I was thinking the motherboard is ruined, because I've looked in to power supply problems and other things, but, I know my hard drive is fine..... here is my real question

I took the hard drive out, and have purchased a device to hook my existing hard drive into another computer I have. When I download everything off of my hard drive, onto the computer, I know I will be able to keep my Itunes music, however I also have limewire downloaded and when I download songs from that, I transfer it onto Itunes. Now, when I download everything onto the computer, will I STILL be able to salvage my limwire content that is on my Itunes, or will I only have the music I purchased and the music I've ripped from PERSONAL CD's?If the other computer is a desktop, you could actually INSTALL it as a second hard drive. In either case though, you'll be able to access your files exactly as they were stored on the disk. Every single one.yeah now you have a computer with twice the memory Quote from: Juice217 on JANUARY 07, 2010, 06:46:08 AM

yeah now you have a computer with twice the memory

This is the best forum layout I've ever seen. Very easy to navigate, and you have lots of usable features that are easy to find.

Like the NOTIFY button, and the posts links at the TOP.........Excellent job......Is all that standard on SMF?......

Great forum INFO as well.........Kudos...............z

Welcome Aboard...welcome as a member , we are all happy your happy Well if you think this is good you should try.... oh, never mind Quote from: Allan on January 07, 2010, 02:37:57 PM

Well if you think this is good you should try.... oh, never mind

mebibytes and gibibytes
What is the proper pronunciation of these words?

The spell checker here says they are wrong.
But they date back to 1998.

Does anybody really use these terms?
Well, in the forward of the Image for Windows USER Manual anybody will see a reference to those terms.

Until now, this geek never reread of them.
Was I asleep for twelve years?use a "G"...Quote

So, when you read about the data storage size convention used by Windows, the units will appear as mebibytes (MiB) or gibibytes (GiB), even though Windows itself refers to the units as megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).

Image for Windows User Manual Page 5 of 154

mebibytes and gibibytes
What is the proper pronunciation of these words?

I call a Kilometer 1000 meters.

Two spellings of the name of the unit are common in English: metre is preferred among the majority of countries in the English-speaking world except in the United States, where the spelling is meter.

But there's only one way to spell antidisestablishmentarianism...

Anyone KNOW where we can find a VCR/DVD COMBO RECORDER with COAXIAL CABLE hookups? Wal-mart

Hi,

could someone tell me that this memory is used for which processer and other details of this memoryYou have 5 TOPICS going on DIFFERENT COMPUTER Forums according to google...
Have you not gotten any replies yet ? ?
HINT: if you google your question as posed here your answer is about 12 links down the page.

I think it works in vista, defiantly in 7. It has all the settings in one. To do this, GO to your desktop, make a new folder, and call it
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

don't do this on Vista. it crashes Explorer.

And if that is what it was SUPPOSED to do, it would have been nice to have a little warning, you know, so I could keep the last 2 hours of work I did.

Although, I actually didn't lose anything... but only because I had command prompt open. And it took some doing. I had to manually remove the folder myself. meanwhile, explorer is crashing every time it restarts.

EDIT: OK, it's not supposed to crash, it works in windows 7.

It crashes windows Vista explorer though. Windows 7 "God Mode" Mythbusting

http://wingeek.com/articles/40507/windows_7_quot;god_modequot;_mythbusting/


Quote

The tweak of the day everyone is talking about is the so called Windows 7 "God Mode." Simply create a new folder, call it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and you will have a SHORTCUT to every setting on your computer. Sounds great right? The problem is no new features or settings are exposed. Only a list of tasks that can be accomplished within Control Panel that Windows 7 and Vista use for start menu and control panel search.

The feature is not actually even called God Mode but All Tasks. Since the All Tasks feature is simply a shell folder you can access it a few different ways. The most direct method is to open up Explorer and type in shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} in the address bar and hit Enter. Alternatively, create a folder and name it anything.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.

At one point during the Windows 7 betas this feature was even exposed to users as All Tasks but hidden in the final releases. That caused me to do some extra editing on the final review of my Windows 7 Tweaks book.

In this CASE someone named the folder GodMode which sounds like a secret feature burried deep within Windows. In reality its just another shell folder. If you need to change a setting simply search for it in the Start Menu. That is what this feature was actually designed for.

Although if you are the kind of person that likes to navigate through a list of 279 tasks instead of simply typing in what you need try out this even better backdoor secretly created by the president of the Windows division. Create a new folder and name it: SinofskyBackdoor.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.

Big Red Warning!

The trick appears to work on both the 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Vista 32-bit and Windows Server 2008 32-bit should also work. However, it is known to crash 64-bit versions of Vista — and you may need to boot in safe mode or to the command line to delete the folder.

I reserve godmode for church, not for my computer.

iddqd.

iddqd.

I'm 14 and what is this?

Well, no...but I haven't SOUGHT them out, either...
(though I've never seen *CENSORED* waitresses in my real LIFE, either. )AEGIS you are a very smart person!! i completely agree with the whole-*censored* WAITER- thing...mmm..lol
az long as they have good backs ofcorse! Don's Bar and Grill is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We Pride ourselves on the STAFF's talents as well as their diversified backgrounds.

Applications are available at the Front Desk for those interested in an exciting and challenging work atmosphere.

Sincerely,

Emiril Lagasse
Head ChefQuote

Don's Bar and Grill is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

I just buy a Nvidia GeForce 8800GT to upgrade my video card for gaming. To be compatible, I upgraded as well my power supply to 500w CAPACITY. Recently it will always freeze and most of the time a blue screen will display saying about dump memory, to update drivers and newly installed softwares to be uninstalled. Before freeze happened, i heard an unusual sound from the inside of my computer.. and oftentimes it will not detect the system hard disk and display a disk boot failure when I restart the machine.. Before I replaced my video card, I reformat my system drive for it to be clean. I have no idea what will I do. I already update the latest driver of the video card but not UPDATED the bios, since I read from other forums that there are risk on UPDATING the bios.

Any idea will be highly appreaciated.What brand of PSU is this ? ?S-TEK
model: ST-772003
Made in ChinaNo offense but that's probably the issue right there...
Today's machines especially those USING high end gaming vid cards will simply not perform properly on $20.00 PSU's...
Visit a few of your gaming sites and or Tom's Hardware for some GOOD PSU recommendations...Thanks for d info sir.
I bought this at around $50 dollars (if converted), and i choose this even for the high price cause I want a good performance. Most of the psu available here are made in china.
Btw, my computer freezes even just few seconds after loading windows.
Im not playing games now because of this issue.

After installing WINDOWS XP I get login failure when trying to access my banking site. Working with the bank we have done all we can do including RESETTING user name and PASSWORD. Everything else works fine. Also the bank is anle to access my account with the resets.How was Win XP installed? Upgrade from previous Windows version, clean install?
What browser are you using?I asked two questions....Try Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Can you post exact error? What firewall do you use?Download HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
and post its log.In Reply window click on Additional Options..., then click on Browse button.
Browse window will open.
Navigate to place where your file was saved, click on that file ONCE, and click Save button.
Browse window will close, and you'll be back in Reply window.
Click Post button, and you're done.The log is clean, but I can't see any antivirus, or firewall running.
You can't stay on the Internet without those.No. Since you don't have them, and you can't login, it's not because they bother your connection.
Then, you have to have them for safe surfing.
It must be something on your bank side. I'm out of options.No PROBLEM. We tried...

Hello.

I'm sorry if this question is in the wrong place. The email icon that is under my profile, I was wondering, how do I get it to disappear? In other words, I don't want it there. I looked all over the forums help pages, but I don't see an answer. I may have overlooked it, or just don't understand what I was reading. Please forgive me for my ignorance. m(_ _)mYour email icon is shown only to yourself.
As your email is hidden, no one but you and the admin can see it on your profile.
Hope this helps.Hello Calum.

What I mean is links that can be used to email anyone by clicking on it. In other words, If you mouse over it, the email can be seen just above the "Start" button. People can click on it to email you right? I want to avoid this. The icon is to the left of the signature on this page, where you post and reply to OTHERS. I just don't want MINE to be visible.Nobody except you and the admin can see that. I attached a screenshot of what I see.

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]Hello Soviet GENIUS,
Now I feel silly.

Thank you for putting my mind at ease.
So, I'm able to see Calum's because they choose to have it made public? Quote from: Haseo on March 08, 2008, 11:18:58 AM

So, I'm able to see Calum's because they choose to have it made public?

Now I feel silly.

So, I'm able to see Calum's because they choose to have it made public?

I can not get my scanner working. it keeps TELLING me to load DISK, the disk is all ready loaded I can't find were too to restart. I don't have the disk to reload. I NEED to find it in where? printer works fine' I'm using INSPIRON dell vista. My printer is a hp 2355Your post doesn't make sense.
First you say "the disk is all ready loaded" but in the next SENTENCE you say "I don't have the disk to reload".

In order for us to have any chance of assisting you we will need to know more about the situation.
Have the printer ever worked?
If yes, when did it stop working?
Have you installed the drivers for the printer?
Do it appear to be installed correct?
What is telling you to "to load disk" and when?

Is their a way for me to get an email when replied to on my topic without clicking on additional OPTIONS? I would LIKE to get an email saying I got a reply to a post without GOING to additional options EVERYTIME, is their a way for me to do that along with other features of these forums? Thanks for your answers.Yes. Go to Profile (the button at the top of the forum window) and select Notifications and Email, under Modify Profile. You'll find the email notification options there.Click on Profile button at the top, then see the image below:

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]internetnova, I SUGGEST you access your profile panel, select Account Related Settings, and check the box for Hide email address from public? As it stands now, your email address is visible when anyone who views your public profile by clicking on your username. Most forum members choose the hide option.

please help me with this.
urgent need!
this is the cdrom drive. I've changed another cdrom and ide cable but the problem still appears! it's also the same while in safe mode..




please please please.
Thanks for helping What did you do prior to this?
You can USE system restore to restore your computer to an EARLIER STATE...what's the problem?the folders and files icons changed . it only happens in the cd rom drive. other drive c or d are okay.

i've solved the problem USING TweakUI tools. thanks for REPLIES.

i just got a motorola slvr, and i'm trying to get some PICTURES i took ONTO my computer. i plug it in, and windows starts looking for software, which there is none. windows RECOGNIZES it, but it won't do anything with it. the user's manual just says use a mini usb cable and plug it into a high speed usb port on the computer. i've tried every usb port, but windows still wants software. any help would be greatly appreciatedi figured out the problem. i NEED a memory card for it to be able to be read by the pc. lame, but whatev.

i'm looking to build a basic pc 4 my 17year old son.i need to know which componants are compatible with what .i would be gratefull 4 any input thanks.Trev -- welcome!

I think most people would ask what kind of price range / budget you want to observe?

Generally, you'll decide whether you want an AMD processor at the heart of the computer, or an INTEL processor. Certain motherboards and RAM (Random Access Memory) work with certain types of processors. If you've no preference, price is usually the biggest consideration. There are people here who will give you some excellent advice.

Thanks!If you don't need much, get a dell or hp DESKTOP. It's a lot LESS headache if you aren't sure about BUILDING a pc. It will come out to roughly the same price too depending on what you need.
www.dell.com
shopping.hp.com

If you really want to build one yourself, check out www.newegg.com for good prices

Also, it will HELP if we knew your price range.