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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: before Christmas BUDGET RANGE: £130 USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:Gaming COD, Battlefeild, Batman Arkam City. ect CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: not purchased either yet was going to get OCZ Fatal1ty Series 550W Modular PSU as its on offer at mo £49.99...

SPECS: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO\USB3 AMD Phenom II x2 555 3.2GHz@ x4 B55 4.3GHz Scythe Mugen 2 Rev B. /w Push-pull Scythe "Slipstream" 1200 RPM DC FAN seasonic 620w s12ii-620 bronze PSU Samsung "Spinpoint" F3 108J 1T HDD 2GB x2 (4GB total) Corsair CM4GX3M2A1600C9 (in other words, 2...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) everytime i try to send an attachment, i recieve the error message that my current browser needs upgrading to explorer version 5 or above. i am already using version 6, can anybody help please.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi I'm running WinXP sp2 and I've got Intellipoint 5.2 installed. Bought this mouse along with a overdue upgrade. The problem is that, seemingly randomly, the mouse switches itself off. The red light turns off on the...

Archived from groups: alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim (More info?) Ok...I have had this weird mystery..I can't seem to solve.I get clearance from ATC...then handed off to Ground..I get handed to contact Tower...all seems ok so far...but when I am handed off to Tower....the option to "Request...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) My wife has a problem with her new Natural Multimedia Keyboard, used with a Dell Dimension 4700 and XP Home. When starting up the computer, the keyboard does not "start". It is dead! A subsequent Restart "starts" the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hello, how do I change the .dbx file association under folder options from being associated with autocad back to being associated with outlook express?? I'm not sure why it associated itself with autcad. thanks, mc

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) When right clicking a file, there used to be an option to "Open With" and then a listing of programs I could select to open the file with. For some reason the Open With heading has gone. Is there any way I can get...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) i need to configure win2003 so some external company should have access to our erp server. i thought that remote desktop would be ok here. the problem is it usually don't work :/ the symptoms: - i try to login, get to...

Archived from groups: rec.games.miniatures.misc (More info?) Has anyone seen or know where to buy miniature baseball players and pitchers for use with baseball board games? I know about Sportsclix, but I want more generic looking figures. TIA, PU

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) I just picked up a large lot of boards.I am open to offers from the group before I list them on greed bay this weekend.I will ship worldwide via USPS priority mail. All of these boards are untested unless otherwise stated...

Archived from groups: alt.games.champ-man (More info?) WHAT A GAME!!! I never dreamed Liverpool could play like that. In the first half they were having fun with Juventus. Baros works hard, but....that`s about it really. Gerrard, Finnan, Garcia, Carragher and Hyypia: FANTASTIC!! Carson did...

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi All, I have a Dell desktop PC and a Dell Laptop PC, both of which came with OEM versions of WindowsXP Pro. The hard-drive on my desktop crashed a few days ago, and I am about to purchase a replacement for it. I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?) for some reason or another everytime i want to play a game my full screen mode is now off centre with a 2 inch black stripe up left hand os screen, can anyone help me put it right?

Sorry for posting another heat issue thread about the i7 920. However each issue seems to be different to one another. Here is a screen cap of Speed fan, real temp,Cpuz. and the results of an Prime run. ---------------------------------------------------------- TJ max is set to 100. In prime I...

I want to replace the video capability of the Pavillion p6320y with a card that also has HDMI output. The card I want to purchase is double height and I was wondering if that will affect my ability to add the card to the x16 slot? Dick Olinger

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) What is this? How do I get it back. I have no favorites in Internet Explorer and when I try to install Microsoft Anti-Spyware I get the following error message. Error 1606. Could not access network location. IE 6 blocks...

I recently bought that card and put it inside my machine. However, when I install the driver, it is recognized as a 560, but suffers from error 43 in Windows' device manager, and 2d rendering is extremely slow (the computer freezes for a few seconds when I drag a window over the screen), and I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) Hello, Whenever I try to start a new email message from Outlook Express, the window appears somewhere off my screen (upper left corner somewhere). The only way I can get to see the new email window is to maximize it...

I am torn between this. I have been given $400 by my mom as a gift ( im 14;income tax W00t ) and was planning to buy pc parts for my old hd 5450 "Sort of" gaming pc. I was excited to finally get decent fps and to be able to play skyrim,diablo,and all the other wonderfual games. But then i saw...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) I find that the "small icon" size in the toolbars (quicklaunch, etc.) is a little tooo small for me to view comfortably. However, if I switch to "large icon" size, the icons become so large that the tollbar expands to...

cant get a ethernet controller for windows 7 64 bit

Archived from groups: alt.games.video.xbox (More info?) can i make an extra hd on my xbox ?? i have a 90GB ide hd and i would like to connect it to the xbox ( external )

Hi, I have 2 nVidia Geforce8800GT on a Dell XPS630i. There are 4 DVI ports. I've added a 3rd monitor (VGA), but can only get 3rd monitor to be a clone of monitor 2. Is there a way to get mon#3 to run indenpendent, like mon#1 and mon#2 were? Running XP SP3, nVidia driver is ver 6.14.11.6912 date...

I have an fx 6300 @4.3GHz stable, and in some scenarios in BF3 i see the GPU usage is not near 100. I look at Core temp, and the CPU load isnt even near 100%, thus leading to the bottleneck. How can i fix this?

Here's the build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/E1X1 I'm having troubles deciding which fan to buy, either that one in the build, or: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=8_805&item_id=047664 The pc will be used for gaming, Thanks for the help!:)

im upgrading my processor and cant chose between intel core i3 2120 3.3Ghz and intel core i5 3330 3.0 Ghz the first one is a dual core and the 2nd is a quad core i ll need it for heavy gaming

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) Hi How can I configurate MSN Messenger; SIGN IN, not to apear on my desktop when i Start Windows XP. Tks. Jan

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) Whenever I'm on this pc you can hear the hard drive rev up at random times and Im not sure if this is normal. I have run adaware se, spybot, yahoo antispy, avast antivirus and everything is clean. I just want to know if...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have a computer game called Black Hawk Down : Delta Force, when I put the CD in and click on Install it always comes up with SYSTEM ERROR : The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter Protected Mode, DOSX.EXE must...

Hello, i have cpu usage at 100% everytime i go on youtube or play fb games, causing contant freeze and disconnect, i have tried everything to fix this, even brought new laptop with btter specs, 2.4 ghz etc, and it has same problem 100% cpu, is there any spec that can cope with adobe flash? im...

Basically, I was wondering if -- in order to improve my computer's graphics capabilities -- would it make more sense to go with a CrossFireX configuration of the card I have now, or just upgrade my one graphics to a better one? APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Whenever BUDGET RANGE: USD $150-250...

Hello everyone. Wonder if you know what this might be... This is my machine, for the record: Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5E Rev 1.xx CPU: 2,40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5850 RAM: 3 GB PSU: Antec Earthwatts EA650 650W (six months old) Monitor: Samsung...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) Every time I try to install Windows Messenger 5.1...I get an error with the HRESULT: 0x80070002....if someone could tell me what that means.....& also if I try & install MSN Messenger 6.2.....I end up with the same...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) HI everyone: I have this problem recently I uninstalled a program for viewing files, but it must have changed something in my configuration that when I open a ZIP file i open whit the search function, it is really...

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo2 (More info?) Hi, I have a barbarian lv 81 and i need some good weapon; can you see where trade them? Thank everyone. Luca

Why are there no AM3+ mATX boards with 900 series chipsets?

I know I probably sound like a bit of an idiot here (I'm not extremely familiar with the PSU and motherboard relationship), but does it matter what I kind of PSU I buy to hook up to my Motherboard? Are there specific types? I ask this because I'm going to upgrade my GPU, but my PSU isn't...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) When I click Start, Run, Browse, Windows always presents me with "Local Disk" as the initial Browse location. I normally use Run to install programs which are loacted in a folder a few levels down in My Documents. This...