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Hello everyone, this is my first post, hate to make it a question, but since Google usually gives me all my answers to my PC questions from here, I figured what better place to ask it? Anyways, I have a friend who is running an AMD Athlon XP 2600 (I know, kinda old, but he only plays Diablo II...

my 250 gb drive crapped out and now i'm attempting to recover the data from it. I have not deleted any of the files or formatted the drive. They got turned into orphan files or something like that and they got lost. only 1 of the 3 partitions on the drive is accessible. when i attempted to...

I brought my laptop to work and want to use that because its running XP and my crappy work computer is running Win 2000. I can't just plug my laptop into the ethernet here because my laptop isn't authorized ot something but is there a way to get internet on my laptop by plugging in through the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I have more disk space than I will ever use. If my files were not compressed would my security scans, chkdsk, etc run faster? If so, how do I "uncompress" c: drive? I run XP Pro SP2 on a HP nx9010 notebook. BobW

Hi, I'm thinking of purchasing my first NAS box (the Synology DS210J is my favoured option at the moment) and having read the very informative sticky "NAS basics" thread I'm thinking I might need to upgrade my ADSL wireless modem router. I will be using the NAS to share files between my PC...

When my dad's IBM Thiknkpad A31 (P4m 1.8Ghz, 512 Ram, XP home, everything (more or less) is updated, AVG does not find anything, nor do the usual Spyware scans, etc.) Shuts down, windows often hangs on the "windows is shutting down" page and does not react to anything. This happen when the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I have accidently made my Users account private which I want to change but have no idea how

WIN 2003 Enterprise server, is a router, PCs connecting to some websites will cause hard drive to freeze, no blue screen, no log, no mem dump, nothing. Hard boot only fix. Have two servers same problem.

So I am thinking about upgrading, but I know its not urgent with my current 570, so I would be looking at going as cheap as possible. I wouldnt even think of buying anything less than a 670 or a 7970, probably the 7970 even though I prefer Nvidia. So I'm seeing lots of reference 7970's on ebay...

Should I get this? http://gyazo.com/141ce27c29bb5f281974150d6084d112 This http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=22715 Or this? http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=22545

Radeon 9200SE vs ASUS GT 520 silent. which is better for running games with top performance and quality.

Hi there, I am unable to open a particular website on my network. I was able to open/browse this website until two days back, but now since today i have not been able to open this site on my network. This network is my private business holding, with 12-15 computers connected over wifi or some...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I am having problems with my Modem; I have done everything possible (removed & reinstalled modem, changed comm ports, checked phone lines, checked phone numbers, dialing rules, added and removed dial up connection...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Anyone know the FDISK option of wiping out Windows?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) My wireless base station, MN-700 does not have enough range to adequately cover my whole house. Is there a booster product I could buy to expand it's range?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) Am also unable to send faxes..dial-up made, system says pages sent, then I get "An error occurred while sending the fax" and fax remains in Outbox. My modem is an Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem, which is on the Windows XP...

I have Toshiba Laptop Model Satellite L100. The Model No. is PSLAOL - 00U00E. As per manufacturer the prescribed OS is Windows XP, but I have loaded Windows 7 . Now I am not getting sound driver. Please help me.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) I keep hearing from vendors that Microsoft has discontinued their wireless network products. These affordable products were a joy to set up and easy to maintain. Were they discontinued and why?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) A difficult one here... or it is as far as I am concerned. Sometime ago, I managed to lose the association between *.url files and internet explorer. What this means is I cannot open shortcuts to web pages that I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Help, please. My system has recently started to be a little balky. In particular, Flight Sim 2004 freezes the computer after about 10 minutes of flight. Other programs seem to be OK and I can run the computer for...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have 3,288 Files, consisting of 180 Folders, 542 MB of $Uninstall Folders in my WINDOWS Directory. What should I do with them? I would like to delete them. Would this be a problem? I have other files with $ in...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi -- I have two Windows XP Pro computers that share a monitor, PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard via a D-Link DKVM-2K 2-port KVM switch. These two computers had been running...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I can't open any .exe files other than explorer, all of my icons in the program list and desktop have an iexplorer icon. It seems that my file types are messed up. I also get the message "Windows cannot open this...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I could not find RealOne on the list, could it be WCOLOREAL or AdaptecDirect CD? When I bring up Real One it just hangs there not responding, Went to change or remove programs. It said to be sure to close all Real...

Archived from groups: alt.games.champ-man (More info?) While checking my Prem Fantasy footy team, I noticed the "I Know The Score" game run along side the Fantasy footy game. So I created a league for us to play this as well :-) Why you ask, well Budweiser are giving away monthly prizes, of...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) When ever I change the desktop wallpaper on reboot it doesn't reappear. I have added the picture required and browsed to the My documents\pictures folder as well as adding it to windows\system32\web\wallpaper folder so it...

Hello,my asus pc1001px has amessage saying missing or corrupt file windows32 how can i fix this

Hi, I recently popped an EVGA 670 FTW into my rig (damn good card) - question - is there any way I can use my spare 570HD SC in any capacity, in the same system (SLI obviously not an option)? Should be fine with the PS (850w Corsair). I feel sorry for the 570 - sitting on a table, staring at me...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I just got cable broadband and MS FAX is greyed out. It's checked off in the Windows Components Wizard. How can I get it back, or is it gone forever? Thanks.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Ok, here is the problem.. while im playing the online game Cronous windows suddenly bluescreens saying: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Tecnical info: ***STOP 0X000000D1 (0X00000007,0X00000002,0X00000000,0X00000007) Thats...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?) I have 3 games from activision that I installed I can hear the game but cannot see the game. I have direct x 9c and I have adjusted my refresh rate with no luck. I have a grforce4 agp card with 64mb ddr still don't work why...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I have a dual Xeon 800Mhz board. Win2k pro had no trouble seting up with both processors. I just bought Win XP Pro and it doesn't see the 2nd processor. I've looked thru the knowledge base and i can't find anything on it...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.connectivity (More info?) Performed an upgrade from terminal server 2000 to 2003. This is a member server of a domain. Added the appropriate users to the local Remote Desktop Users group to allow them login. The users can login...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_deployment (More info?) i'm attempting to install 2k pro. when 4th setup boot is starting up 2000pro disk, following nastygram pops up; The following value in the .sif file used by setup is corrupted or missing: Value 0 on the line in...

Just curious why my mouse pointer sometimes spines in a circle when i click on a browser and then finally opens it about 10 seconds later. Sometimes I have to click it again before it will open. What causes this and how can I prevent it from happening? thx

Hello, i need to restore my Acer to factory settings, what i need to know is simple, If i select "Restore Your Computer To Factory Condition", do i need to have a windows 7 disc to finish it???? or to reinstall the OS? or does it do that all on its own? because the laptop came with it...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) dose any one know the product key # for microsoft word 2002 if so plez email it to me casanova009@aol.com

Hello, sir my usb port is not working from when i clean my cpu can u say what happen or solution for to solve this prioblem

Hello, frnz.......... how to create a hyperlink in java, as the link must direct to another java program's output..... this is very much important for my application plz some one help me......

I get bullet points in my e-mails, how to get rid off?