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Okay i'll get straight to my problem --- I got my computer back from a friend who has fixed a freezing problem. I turn it on and realize my drivers is not updated. I update from windows and install the graphics drivers. I restart and it completely freezes on me after the bios screen. I have a...

Alright so I know a fair bit about overlocking and the performance, Except i am not sure if i should do a custom loop water cooling setup or go for a crossfire 7870 as they will come to the same cost for me in the end. A dual 7870 with a 4ghz i5-3570k is not a bottleneck, but to add into the...

i have this specification Amd Phenom 2 1055t hexacore processor, Gigabyte 880gma usb3 motherboard, Cooler master hyper 212 evo heatsink, 8 gb RAM (1333mhz)(umax,muskin),Hard drive 1 TB WD cav. green and 500 GB Seagate barracuda Gtx 460 1gb ddr5 graphics card, Sony 24x dvd drive, Zebronics 600w...

Hello, I wanted your opinions on gaming and general computer use on a Plasma TV. I am interested in buying a 50'' Zenith plasma but not sure how gaming would look. Also, can i still use my 32'' LG 720p TV as a second monitor if my primary is the Zenith (1080p)?

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?) I've been a fan of Fuji for some time, my current camera is a Fuji 4700 Zoom. But, I want to upgrade to a new camera, to be used in a growing interest in landscape/seascape photography. I want some manual controls for experimenting with...

Hello, Can i connect two internet dongles simultaneously to my internet n get more speed?

ok i just bought assians creed and for some reason it freeze i have alineware aurora and graphic card of ATI Radeon HD 5670. some one plz help

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Hi, I am new on here and looking for some advice. I have for a time been running Battlefield 3 on a PS3, but have now decided to purchase the software for my PC. I have at present: CPU: Intel Core 2 6600 (2.4ghz) RAM: 2 GB (sorry I can't find the spec at the moment) GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8800...

Dear Tom’s community, Recently my 8800GT gave up the ghost, and I’d like some advice choosing a suitable replacement. I’m trying to factor in power concerns, motherboard space concerns, and what’s available in the 2012 market. I don’t want to pay too much for a card that’ll be bottlenecked by...

Like the question says.. How long before I need to upgrade. It will be used with a Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz. 8GB of 1600 MHz. 750w Coolmax Modular PSU. 500GB 7200RPM. Also! Will this be able to run BF3 on mid/high and maybe the next Crysis game on Mid? Thanks in advanced :hello:

So I have a 26" 720P monitor, model number ln26360 What confusses me is the number of resolutions that are being diplayed. I hope I havn't lost anyone yet but lets say, I use this LCDTV and I use an HDMI wire, is it 1080p or not because I think the resolution for HDMI wires is like 1920x1080...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) my computer crashed and after restoring to origional settings I find I cannot record on cr writer. It lets me get to the end of the process before advising a fail. Any ideas ?

Okay so I have this question: is my ram the cause of my nvlddmkm.sys error? I have tried all the tricks they say, I just recently replaced the PSU. I'm wondering if my issue is related to my ram... Specs: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 rev. 1.1 MOBO Xion 700W PSU (new) Sparkle GTS 450 2GB Nvidia Graphics...

im really getting annoyed. Quick system and overclock info i7 930 @ 4.0ghz evga x58 sli li mobo evga gtx 280 gamexstream 750w antec 900 h50 corsair 6gb corsair xms 1600mhz vcore 1.325 gpi auto (1.1) cpu pll auto (1.8) dimm 1.66 speedstep,spectrum,turbo off HT on temps = 35-40c idle 65-70...

Hello there I've been having issues with my computer and that it freezes randomly , sometimes it un-freezes after 30 seconds or so but other times it stays frozen. Sorry for being vague , but i really don't have any other information as there are no error messages etc. I was told to check out...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41). My Dvd drives seem to be missing

Hey guys, I've recently bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 and been playing with OC's as much as possible. Unfortunately I don't have the time to continuously loop a stress test or sit playing a game for 3 hours to see if it crashes, so I'm wondering if theres a way to test it quicker. For...

so asus gtx 560 ti DCII is 830 mhz and asus gtx 560 ti DCII Top is 920 mhz, is top just an overclock of DCII? can i achive the same speed with DCII by overclocking?

For XMAS present to 7 yr old chess player. My son like chess and pc games so I thought chess on a pc might be good. What are your suggestions. Thanks Everyone :) XP 2000+ MSI KT3 ULTRA-2 KT333 Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM 512MB PC2700 ABIT G4 Ti4200 OTES 64MB Win98SE

I accidentally made the default program for .dll files notepad (I know, I'm an idiot). Now I'd like to go back to having window associate no program with .dll files. I can easily CHANGE the default program, but how do I REMOVE the default program associated with the .dll file type?? Thanks!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi, My HD has two partitions one has the NTFS file system and the other one have the ext3 file system... I want to cahnge the first one from NTFS to FAT or FAT32 how can I do that? and will it erase everything on my...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) HY i have old epson stylus color 480. Everytime i press a document to print, it just puts the document in the que, and it doesnt print it.... i tried troubleshooting, and no help from it. Please help.

Windows 7 shows security warning message again and again. it disturbs a lot while copying the my work files :fou: Can i disable or close it permanently?

Hi i set up 2 partitions on my hdd in xp pro. i have tried transferring user profiles across from my main "c" drive to the new data partition "d". i wanted to transfer "my doc" as well as the desktop and, if possible things like IE favourites etc for each user. In 1 case i moved "my docs"...

This summer I upgraded to an intel 2.26 cpu and an MSI 645MX2 LRU motherboard. I have 4 hard drives and a Promise controller. These hard drives are all 7200 rpm with 2m cache. Three are Maxtor and one is IBM. I then Loaded Windows XP professional. Recently, when I boot, my last two hard...

Hi, I have a Asus P5KPL-CM motherboard with PCIE 1.0 and want to know if AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6670 with PCIE 2.1 would work fine ...?? I am not sure if the motherboard is still supported by ASUS. The last BIOS update was released in 2010. I want to make 100% sure that this card would work fine...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) When I open Explorer, it always defaults to my C drive, and expands the directory tree. I usually don't go to my C drive, but somewhere else. Is there a way I can change the default so that it always opens to a particular...

Hello, I am a first-time builder, and I am trying to troubleshoot my system startup. I am hoping someone can help. Three different things are happening as I play around with the system and change out the RAM using RAM1 or RAM2. I'm only using one RAM slot to troubleshoot. - No RAM: Single...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) Hi. Does anybody know any tool which is capable of detecting all the processes running in all workstations within the network? If this is not possible, how about detecting the installed softwares in the entire network? I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) I am trying to manage domain policies from an XP pro PC with the GPMC installed. It works fine except when I try to edit policies in the group policy screen the user configuration / windows settings are only shows remote...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) Guys, I've just bought a new USB storage device, and it seems detected properly by my desktop when inserted, but I can't see any allocated drive name to it! In the device manager, it says that it works perfectly. Shouldn't...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?) We have a Win2k network with 3 DCs. Our main DC has some extended attributes that I want to have replicated over to the other two DCs. Replication is working, but it's just not doing the Extended attributes we've...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) I would like to turn on Classic Mode for all my Windows XP workstation, but when I do that, The Quick Launch option would disappear. Is there a way to turn on Classic Mode and keep the Quick Launch toolbar? Thank You.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.misc (More info?) Hi, I need help with a terminal server connection license problem with an HP Thin Client running Windows CE .NET 4.20. The temporary ts client license of the Windows CE has expired, but the windows 2000 license...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?) Windows 2000 Professional. I am sending a system out to the field and wanted to clean it up before sending. I reinstalled Windwos 2000 Pro from scratch. No problem. I reinstalled my Office XP Pro and other tools. No...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) This post, if anyone is willing to participate may go on for a while. I am hoping to create a dialog for my sake as well as the sake of others. If you wish to participate and have useful input, please by all means I'd appreciate...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?) WTA Users Group I have a folder (WTA STUDENTS) that is share between students. WTAUsers Group can access this folder. WTAStudent 1 user part of WTA Users Group Has a folder (MARK) and I want him to have access to this...

How do the latest generation of processors perform in gaming as opposed to earlier gens? How much faster is the flagship Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge to the old Nehalems? What about GPU/CPU bottlenecks?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup (More info?) Hi! I want to thank the people on this ng for helping the people like myself to understand problems. I also want to ask if this ng has a special 'office hour'? Are you working during the weekends also? Thanks.