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Hello everyone. Presently, I am encountering an unusual issue with one of my case fans. Occasionally, it will suddenly run at maximum speed when the computer is at low load; in addition, RPM reads as maximum, even when the fan suddenly decides to spin back down to lower speeds on its own. MB...

Hi, I built my PC last summer and it stopped working recently and is failing to boot. The monitor shows no signal, no HDD light, and there's a solid red light on the motherboard. I have tried another new PSU but the problem remained. I replugged everything (including the CPU), tried different...

Long story short, i rebuilt my pc after receiving a new mobo. I hooked everything up again, plugged the psu into the wall to test (breadboard was working) i had all the components set up correctly, turned on the PC and suddenly my room lights went out. I went down to the circuitbreaker and...

Guy i am really facing a probelm i started my computer after 2 months before 2 months there was summer season i mean not really cool but when i started my computer in winter it started for the first time and shutted down by it self i started it again and it didnt show me anything on screen just...

So i found this little guy rolling around in my computer case but im not sure whats its from, the computer seems to be running okay and i have no idea how long this has been disconnected for i have no way to take a picture to upload somewhere but it is siver and has two tiny legs at the bottom...

I can't decide between the asus ROG swift or the acer predator XB270HU. I'm concerned on the response time of the acer monitor. I don't know if the difference between 1ms and 4ms is big. Will I know the difference? Will it affect my gaming?

Hello guys i got currently a gtx 560 ti 448 graphic card and im happy with it BUT im not happy with my e8400 core 2 duo processor :/ So i thought if i change cpu i would need new motherboard so : Im asking u guys to find me the best 200 dollar cpu mobo combo THAT CAN SHIP TO ALBANIA There is...

I never bought diablo 3 but I tried the demo and I want to get it now. If I buy DIablo 3 Reaper of Souls does it come as a full game for $50 or is that just an expansion? So if I want to buy ROS do I have to pay a total of $100? $50 for diablo 3 and $50 for Reaper of Souls??

The 750 FTW is on sale right now. Money isn't exactly a problem, but I would like to conserve as much as I can if I can squeeze good to great performance out of this thing. Bottom line is, what is the difference between the performance of the 750 FTW and the 760 (like in this and next gen games...

I have this rig: Q6600 cpu 4gb trancsend ram Amd 7870 gpu Asus p5kpl-vm mobo Arctic cooling freezer 13 I dont want to buy a new pc yet as i can max out a lot of games out there till now. I know that this cpu (g0 stepping) is an awesome overclocker and i wanna push it to its limits. But here is...

Hello everyone, i come to you today with a problem that has been bugging me for a while. While playing some games (Team Fortress 2, Mount&Blade: Warband), the game itself often freezes for something like 10 seconds, and restarts again. When this occurs, i get a message in the lower right part of...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I restored my computer to factory settings. My question is do I need to download SP1 or what do I need to do. Scared to download SP2 hearing and reading all kind of bad things in the forums about it. I use Zone...

my video not deleted How to delete a red protected file i can't delete this file please suggestion

I'm looking for a new case that will be A.) bigger than my current case (dell xps 7100 oem case) and B.) have better cooling and be quieter. I'd like to spend as little as possible since I'm a poor high school student, ha. I was looking at the Fractal Design R4 but its pretty expensive. I'm...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi (1) I need to know how to make a 3.5 floppy so that it will be self booting using dos commands only. (2) I have an autoexec.bat file that automatically starts another batch file named name.bat within this...

Hi. I have searched many articles/forums and can't seem to find a good answer for this problem. Basically, I have two computers running XP Home that see each other just fine. One, my laptop, has SP2 and cannot browse the account profile folder in the Documents and Settings folder of the other...

recently when my computer boots on its says choose an os to use and i only have ONE, it shows: Microsoft Windows (this is the one that actually works and i use!) Windows(Default) <-- i have no idea where this came from and when i click on it, it says missing or corrupt <windows...

my current system has a AMD Athlon II X4 640 with Asrock AM3+ 770 iCafe Motherboard with 4GB (2GBx2) RAM and XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB and 500GB HDD and Corsair CX500 500 Watt Power Supply and Nzxt Source 210 case wiht Cooler Master Hyper TX3 i Have my cpu overclocked to 3.6 Ghz my question is...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I recently downloaded the microsoft adware protection beta. It seemed that I started getting pop ups and more pop ups. I uninstalled the program and the pop up stopped. Am I doing something wrong. -- ebbyallen

Hello, how do I remove itunes from my computer. windows xp. it says it can't install it because of itunes.msi..I am not trying to instal I want to remove it

Hi. I have Windows installed on an SSD drive. I want to reroute all the users folder to another drive (D:\) is this possible? if so how? What about changing the specified installation folder for program files and program files (x86) to point to the D:\ drive also? how can I do this safely...

Hello, Guild wars 2 will be my first PC game. I checked my RAM and the process (using canyourunit.com) both are good except vedio card I have 8400 gs. So I am planning to get 240 GT 1G or 520 GT 2G. Which one will run the game smothlly on meduim setting? PS: My budget can not exceed 520 GT price.

I have an acer m3970 with a 3.1 ghz i5-3450 cpu. I am planning on getting a new gpu for this machine, as well as a new psu (gtx 660 non ti) and i think in the near future a new cpu would benefit performance quiet a bit. I was thinking a i5-3750, would this computer allow me to upgrade this cpu...

Hello, want to upgrade the graphics on a 6040 pavilion desktop. Will this work ?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) when i am in internet explorer on THE top of the page you have the buttons eg favorites/ print/ search etc at the moment its as if i am pressing the search button because everytime i am on a page the left hand side turns...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) everytime i sign in to msn explorer, i get a pop up saying that i have opted out to sign out of my net messenger because i signed in at another location. what does the mean? any solutions to this?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) i've connected it all properly, tehy're turned on but theres no sound coming out. theyre brand new do i need to do something else on my computer to get them to work?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi I have recently got a new Fujitus Siemens laptop with DVD. I am trying to watch the DVDs on my Sharp TV but I have no experience with using this multi monitor facility. I am able to get the picture to appear on the TV...

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) Hello, I just down loaded the service pak 2 for windows. Now in my out look express all my emaiI only shows the text. It does not show any pictures (grafics) How can I get by the grafics in my email?? Thanks, GRT...

where can i find Realtek sound drivers for my HP compaq desktop?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) I want it gone. I delete it, it reappears. Where's the off-switch? :'( -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Recently I ran an antispyware which may have deleted this file crss.exe which I understand is very important for graphics. Since, my computer has run a little bit strange. When I reboot it informs that it's missing...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) For XP Home Edition on the Log In Screen, it displays one of my two email addresses (actually my hotmail account) below my picture. How do I remove this or reset it to my correct email address? Thanks!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I have tried multiple applications and none of them work any different one to the next. The only conclusion I can draw is that either Microsoft or HP personnel did not fully check out this option when they developed it...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam,alt.internet.wireless (More info?) Hello everyone, I'll have a baby in 5 months and I'm looking for a good wireless camera to see the baby when I'm not in home. My router is: D-Link DI-624 2.4 GHz AirPlus Xtreme G 108 Mbps I been looking for...

hi, my windows is telling me that i have 30 days to activate how do i remove this from the system

Hello, how do i remove the write protection on my USB flash drive? it doesn't any tiny switch in its sides, what should i do?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I have a problem with my Pioneer DVR-106D which is a DVD writer. It is having problems reading CD and DVDs. At first I thought it was a drive reading problem because My Computer wouldn't detect any CDs or DVDs discs...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) !USB Printing Support error with Yellow "!" in Device Manager. WinXP Pro SP2 won't recognize a new USB Printer plugged into the USB Port (Epson 84) even after the driver is loaded. Help! Thanks. /Howard