Favorites

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) My hard drive crashed recently and since it has been renewed and Windows XP reinstalled, there is a small icon (I'm told it's a Microsoft icon) appearing on EVERY screen which I am unable to delete. I will try to describe...

hey guz, i want to seek your advice i will build my own budget gaming rig and aftr looking at two great mobos i am very confused! Z77 mpower msi or Z77 extreme 4 asrock? Which should i opt for as i am planing for some decent oc to my 3570k!

Archived from groups: alt.games.microprose.transport-tyc (More info?) Just found this NG again..... Running WinMe on a newly acquired machine and want to reinstall TTDLX. For the record, I have a Windows version of the game sitting on my shelf. Will that work with WinMe? If not, can anyone...

Hello, I have an HP Deskjet 1220C printer connected to my PC running Windows XP. My laptop is running Windows 7 64-bit. When I connect the printer directly to the laptop Windows Update finds and installs the driver, no problems. However, when I connect to the printer over the network, Windows...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I have received an attachment to an e-mail that ends in .dat. I have tried using Notepad and Excel to open it and they do not work. How do I open a file ending in .dat? Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) I am wondering if I am Windows XP Pro OEM hell or somethig. It is not like the XP Pro on my laptop from work. I need to change the permissions on a directory. I right click and select "Sharing and Security". I set...

Hello Good afternoon I was just wondering if i couple my 100Mbs LAN with my WLAN 54Mbs pci card will my download speeds be faster or not?? Thank You For your appreciation.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) my computer is shuttin down unexpectedly for some reason. sometimes more than others but theres times it can go a couple days without shuttin down. is there a solution to my problem? thanks in advance -- rozalis19

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) Hi all, My security log has been filling up with what looks like people trying to login to my computer on the internet. I have several failed logon attempts from Administrator of other computer names, but I also...

Hi, new here. Ive been a dedicated console gamer for years now and was looking forward to the next Xbox very much, then I heard about how itll still be outdated by PC gaming even before its release, so I did some research into PC hardware and decided that it was the place to go. Ive learned a...

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but last night my sytem crashed while I was playing Borderlands 2 on steam. Since it was about time for me to go to bed I went to bed thinking nothing about it. However, this morning I tried turning on my computer and the system...

I have gotten my new gaming pc down to a bit of a crossroads for me. mainly between an i5-3570 and fx-8350. from my research i've gathered the 3570 is better for gaming. the difference when keeping all other components of my system except the cpu and mobo is $100. i use my pc alot for other...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I have enabled my host and set up my client computer. Both are running XP pro. I still can't locate my host!!! I have used the IP address as computer name and have entered my login information correctly and there is no...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) I recently was trying to install a program that required me to forward my NAT ports and also required me to keep a Static IP Address. Once I did this I was unable to use MSN messanger. I tried changing it all back to...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) After attempting to create an image of my disk using Ghost, my computer freezes early in the boot sequence. So early, that I dont have control of...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) i have a huge problem with trying to defrag my pc. Firstly a pop up continually appears stating that i have low disk space available on my pc. So from this i am continually doing a disk clean up. When i have...

Hello, I have just bought a 1tb external hard drive from curreys. When plugged into lap top it comes up with ' the device under 'my computer' but when I double click it it says it cannot find the device.

So I tried installing Windows 7 Ultimate as an upgrade from Home Premium. I'm able to load Safe Mode, Repair My Computer Mode, Etc.... But I'm not able to download anything, or open my C:\ drive... I'm able to open my empty secondary drive though...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) After running spybot and other software such as Ad-Aware I noticed a big difference after "fixing problems". Computer is slow to respond and acts very strange. How can I reverse these changes and what can I use to...

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) Hi folks, i would very much appreciate your expert opinions on this. I have a one month old TAF, TZ, and TSPP. our first pins, ever. My TAF playfield is blemished, and I have a line on a never used reproduction playfield I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) We have several laptop users that travel from site to site within the company and would like to be able to connect to the local printer. These users are "users" in the domain and of the local workstation. As a company...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) I use the software from the camera to download the clip, but when I try to import it, which is an ASF file, it says that file is not indexed and cannot be imported. Also, when I try to import the video straight from the...

I'm planning on purchasing a GTX 680. I'm leaning towards the 2GB version, because my monitor will only support 1080p, but I'm planning on eventually running SLI 680's at possibly 1600p if I get the monitor, so Will it be worth it now to spend the extra for the 4GB? I know more GPU memory is...

Hello, iam considering getting Sapphire hd7950 FLEX edition to run 5 monitor setup in Extended desktop mode. That means im not interested in Eyefinity (Unless it has a mode for extended desktop, overwriting the usual windows display settings) or any other type of shared screen gaming or...

which graphic card is the best for editing video for Television quaility..the- AMD Radeon HD 6530D Graphics Card of theevga-NvidiageforceGT series?

So I just built my first PC today, i3 3220, gtx 660 super clocked, 500w PSU, 8gigs corsair vengeance, gigabyte z77m d3h MVP mobo. So I got it built installed windows and got right to messin around. I got the latest GPU drivers and all windows updates. I installed guildwars2 for a quick test. I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) Problem with Power Settings in Windows XP Pro SP2 I have a problem with power settings in Windows XP Pro SP2, to which I have not been able to find a convenient workaround. We have in our company many portable computers...

Ok here is my motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4/ I know some motherboards one slot is faster than the other when it comes to PCIe slots and I'm thinking if I've found correctly this one the 2 slots are the same x16. Was wondering because I'm thinking of moving my...

I just made a small research and i found that this gpu is able to play the most of the new games at medium to high resolution with at least 25 fps.Im wondering if my rig is able to run games like bf3 or far cry 3 LoL DOTA 2 etc.So please make some thoughts and express them. I have win 8 64bit...

Hi everyone. So i just built a new rig. replaced all internals with the exception of 3 hard drives, none of which are my primary. specs as follows: i7 3.5 ivy bridge evga GTX680 classified gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH motherboard 32GB geil DDR3 1600 intel SSD corsair AX1200 power supply windows 7 64...

Hello everyone, I recently received a free PC tower from a friend because it's not booting properly; my goal is to fix it. However, my attempt to fix it has ran into another issue. Before I begin I would like to say that I received little to nothing with this PC (no monitor, no keyboard, mouse...

I prefer $100-$150 And this is for gaming  Motherboard: Jetway TA55M-L FM1 Pci-e x16  Ram 8gb ddr3  Cpu AMD A6 3670k (i don't want the integrated dual graphics)  PSU 500watt I would love to run Gta 4 with ultra setting at 1680x1050 (if possible) Or crysis 3 with medium and decreased resolution...

Hello everyone I have seen many people making mistakes about MultiGPU technology or have difficulties understanding; therefore,I decided to write a guide that helps you understand it better. So,let's start! What is SLI ? NVIDIA SLI is a platform that allows you to scale graphics performance...

Hi guys, well I'm selling my Gigabyte 7850 this week and I want to pick up a 7900 series card or equivalent. I have read about the 4th quarter release of the 8 series and plus a 7900 card will easily handle everything I want to do (High end gaming, minor multi tasking, watching HD videos). I...

Hello, i upgraded from windows vista to windows 7 first i downloaded online it took days to upgrade which used up my gbytes att gave me a credit and i purchased the software from microsoft they sent me two cds this was in 2010 i no longer have the dissc and windows is requesting i put in a...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) On a number of occasions we have tried using FAST as a means of backing up a users files and settings in Windows XP (Home, usually), before re-formatting and re-installing Windows on their machine. Several times the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Symptom: after copying or moving a file from one directory to another, i start having some major problems. 1) the applications can't access the file. 2) Can't modify or delete the file through explorer. I get the following...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) Hi there, Here's the situation: My friend is using Windows XP. She frequently needs help with routine tasks and I have to drive over there and help her. I want to figure out a way...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Please can someone point me to somewhere where user accounts are fully explained. I can't find it on the KB at microsoft. In particular, I want to load software that can be used by all users, as at the moment the software is...