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I currently have a D-link DIR-635 wireless router and 50 Mbit/s cable modem. I have the 4 wire ports connected to 3 computers and a NAS. The NAS has a bit torrent client which I use frequently. I wireless stream videos and music from the NAS to my TV via a PS3. The problems I am facing are...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) I have been trying to defragment and a window pops up saying I have a check disk command scheduled for volume :(C) and CHKDSK will run when restarted. It never runs!! I have gone into command and it says it is...

The folder is on a network drive which I've created a shortcut to on my desktop. I've put the shortcut back on the desktop multiple times only for it to go away. Any thoughts?

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Hello, About a month ago, I was fighting what appeared to be some sort of virus and I dropped my Computer off at a local fixit place. I was told that they had to Re-load Windows!First they were going to back-up on a Lexar flash drive. That done, I have had virtually no ability to call things up...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I keep getting an "RCP server is down" error when my computer sees the printer connected. I also get "printer spooler service is not running" when I try to add a printer. I don't know what this is, they worked fine before?

Hello, How can i fix a computer that says select proper boot and reboot or insert boot media ? i need help please i've been trying to fix it .

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Windows Xp Home Runs then stops and dark screen appears. It appears to crash as its a dark screen with a mouse pointer showing. Please help me get it to boot. I tried to repair installation and its no help.

Hello, can any 1 provide me a activation key windows 7 professional build 7601 for 32 bit

OK, so this might be a fairly complicated question, but I hope someone can understand and help provide a solution. I'm pulling my hair out. There are two different routers at my place. One I will call linksys (which has the default linksys wrt54g firmware on it) and one that I will call dd-wrt...

sometimes when my pc is idle for few hours, something happens to it. I cant run any programs, double clicking just doesnt work. nothing happens no matter how many times i click. I cant even shut down or restart because clicking on the arrow in the start menu doesnt work too.... what could be...

For some reason, I think this will eventually happen in the US: French lawmakers adopt bill to punish Internet piracy That least sentence sounds really unfair to me... and how will they even go about enforcing this?

I have recently switched my laptop over to Linux (Ubuntu). Problem is I have finally got ubuntu to see the network and other computers. (they are running windows) But I can't access the other computers. Every time I try I get the error message "failed to retrieve share list from server" What...

How can I creat a booting flash disk? Thanks in advance

Greets All, Soldier deployed to Iraq here. In the process of getting a 2-way iDirect satellite network set up here for a small group of my guys. My question is, if I get a network set up and spread out between said 15-20 soldiers, am I going to need some kind of LAN or Network server that...

This is a problem I dont understand. Whenever I ping servers around my city I receive the odd timeout or high ping every 15secs or so of pinging. Also my browsing sometimes seems to be affected by it in that it freezes and i need to click a link 2-3 times before it goes forward. I have tried to...

All I am scratching my head on this. I have a linksys wireless G running with a desktop using cat 5 and a wireless laptop. Both run fine using Vista.... I have bought a Trendnet wireless N gigabit. It runs fine and I show a local network fine. I can access the internet on the wireless fine, no...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Any program with its own download feature--such as Real Networks, a download manager like Get Right, Apple's QuickTime--won't download since I installed Windows XP and SP2. I get a failure to connect to the server every...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I have a new computer from Alienware and each time I start it ask me to register windows before it boots all the way up so I click on yes to do so and fill out all the info and then it says cant connect to internet even...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) Hi Is there a way to disable the icon "system" y Performance and Maintenance, or hide it? TIA --

I have a 2Wire 1701 DSL modem/router that has wireless and 4 wired ports; I also have a Linksys WRT350 router to get to the part of the house without either cables or a decent connection. I have a Linksys 4124 24port switch that I'm hoping may help me expand my home network. How would it be...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) Office documents (Word, Excel, PPT) are opening very slowly (1-2 minutes or more) on my PC when I open them by double clicking an icon in a folder or on the desktop. If I open the application first and then open...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) I am running an Inspiron Notebook, display is 1400 x 1050. Looks great, but task bar and quick launch icons are a little too small. How can I increase the size of the task bar? Thanks

hey I just built a new e8500 with a xigmatek cpu cooler and Im running 41c at idle. that seems really hot. any ideas?

How do I remove the following message that appears in a a dialogue box titled "BTTrail" and reads "Error: Unable to start the Bluetooth stack service"

Hi, I've currently got an Asus GTX690 which I use for NVIDIA 3D Vision gaming at 1920x1080@120Hz which is great (albeit I can't always max games out to the 100% extent, but most to at least very high), however I don't like the way that my case gets the hot air from one of the 680 GPUs exhausted...

Hello, how can i block some site on other computer in work group network

Hi! Are there any recommended 100MB LAN-WAN throughput firewalls/routers out there? I'm a simple home user so I am not in a need for 20.000 VPN tunnels etc. Just some basic protection and good throughput. Thanks, Peter

Ok, i had a network, with a router and two computers connected to it (aside from an internet modem). Now i had to format one of the computers, so obviously i have lost all configurations on that PC. The strange thing is that now, with the network cable connected, I cannot seem to connect again...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Hello What is the best portable HDD in terms of Reliability and cost?

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B is the driver in my dell computer. (dimension 4600) From what I can see it is supposed to be able to read dvd's but when I pop in the Spore DVD-ROM it fails to read it. Same with WotlK DVD-ROM. I thnk I need to update the driver, but I have never done this and don't know...

OK, I'll start off by saying I have dial-up. :( I used to have Juno, which sucks terribly, and so I upgraded to Juno "Turbo", which costs $14.95 a month, whereas the original Juno was free, and now costs $9.95 a month. The problem is, with the original, at that time free Juno, I was getting...

I really dont have much knoweledge but what features firewall has that router not, isnt it same hardware?

I'm thinking about upgrading my system soon but I want it to be fully compatible with Windows Vista. I remember reading that Microsoft was recommending using ECC RAM in all Vista based systems to ensure stability with its new power management features. Since then I haven't seen any more...

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) Win XP Pro SP2 I'm not sure if this is a Windows problem or not but I suspect it is. My laptop will not recognized a USB thumb drive. I have several, they all work fine in other computers. The USB ports on my laptop...

I was looking to upgrade my x1950pro to a PowerColor HD 4670 PCS Edition 1GB DDR3 but i have heard about compatibility issues running directx 10 on win xp pro (directx 9)

I'm having some serious problems using the built-in print server on my D-Link DNS-323 NAS device and wondering if anyone had siimilar probs or could help. The problem is that in some programs (e.g. Corel Paint Shop Pro XI) printing is very, very slow. I don't mean the actual printing, that's...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I have just upgraded my Win XP Pro installation to SP2 and everything worked fine after re-booting until I noticed that Explorer does not show my floppy drive or DVD drive nor do these devices appear in Device Manager. I...