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Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) Hi I recently bought a Dell Latitude LSt laptop with Pentium 3 400 processor. When I boot up on bios, it reports it as P3 400 but when I use cpu check utilities such as Intel Processor Utility or CPUINFO, it reports it as Celeron 400...

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hi all i am new here in the forums ! well i want your advice on what graphics card should i buy ... i have 3 in mind ... 1st.....Zotac GF GTX 660Ti AMP! Extreme Edition 2GB DDR5 2nd....Asus GF GTX660 TI-DC2T-2GD5 PCIE 3 and 3ed....GigaByte GF GTX660Ti, 3GB, PCI-E 3.0 i want professional...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) I got an automated update notice about an upgrade/fix to the DVD burning software. I went ahead and d/l'd it, and when I went to install it, I found out that the version on my computer was newer than what the fix was. The file name is...

This is some of the banking industry oversight that Obama is so proud of: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1663-65-collapse-bankruptcy-global

Just like the title says. Does anyone know if Mantle will be used on their mobile chips as well?

I just got the GTX 660 for my windows 7 and I went to a computer shop, they helped me put it in and install the drives because it was my first time. I get home start it up (all good) till is a blank screen and I see at the bottom right somthing like " This is not a legal windows system" I...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) Visited a friends house yesterday, and the grandkid somehow through msmessenger was sent the worm from someone else's PC, and then opened an attachment. He did not have a very good explanation of how it happened and I don't use MSM so...

Why is the Government not pursuing the mass killings of major Hassan and just ignoring it completely? Is this a coverup or what?

Hello, what is the best current windows version to use. I have Win Xp prof. Will W7 be better? thanks very much

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have a computer which has WinXP Home SP2 and basically I removed a virus/spyware that somehow managed to mess up the firewall settings. Right now I can manually through registry turn on and off the firewall...

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Hey guys, im building my first PC today and its nearly done. However i still need a OS. Ive seen these OEM OS for windows7 and they are a lot cheaper than the normal ones. Im just wondering is it safe to buy on of these and what is the difference? Ive checked on google and i cant really find a...

Is there much difference? I wanted to do raid 0 with 2 SSD, but not sure it will be far better

Actually I have Windows Server 2003 which is giving this message when a pen drive is applied.What to do ?

Hello, I have an acer aspire one d255 and recently used a anytime upgrade key and got windows 7 ultimate it worked for a couple days now when i turn my computer on it goes to a black screen and freezes after the welcome screen cant go into safe mode or desktop and takes longer than normal to...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) when I do a shutdown from XP SP2 it will just reboot and start again. It used to work fine and for some reason started doing this. any clues on how to fix it? thanks!

Hello, I can normally get equation editor to work on my homework assignments but this time it will not. Is there a way to force equation editor to work?

Alright, so I've been looking into buying a fairly cheap laptop and I've gotten it down to about 3 that I've found: http://outlet.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/outlet_us/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=445&Code=WB05744968-1299XB8...

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Hey all. This is only my second time building a PC, and I'd like a little input on my hardware choices before I pull the trigger. I'm planning on using this rig for moderate gaming(CoD4, Age of Conan, TF2, etc.), light photo editing, light digital painting, browsing the Internet, and college...

Archived from groups: rec.games.computer.ultima.online (More info?) Yesterday I bought SE and installed it. Well, for various reasons, I wasn't happy with it and deleted it. This forced me to reinstall AOS and go through the long patch downlaods and all. But now...I am getting client crashes...

Hello, My computer will turn off all the sudden and the only way to get it back on is to unplug it and plug it back in. I don't know if this is my motherboard or the power supply. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Kelli

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?) I have a new printer with a USB cable, I would like to connect it to my parallel port on my older computer is there an adapter out there, to go from USB to the parallel port on my computer with no USB. I have seen the reverse cable...

I have been wanting to upgrade my PC for awhile now, but I had lots of outdated parts. I recently upgraded my CPU to an AMD Athlon x4 650, and now I am trying to find a suitable GPU (Being upgraded from a 4600 series) Now here's the problem: My computer is only 400w and only supports PCI...

Can anyone figure out if the GTX 760 will fit in this pc? Im also planning to change to psu to 500W so that this gpu has all it needs.. Asus CM6330-BN008S - 90PD9CDBD551FED06CKZ Hope someone finds out or tell me how i can see which slots I have.. Thanks in advance!

I just finished building a new windows 7 rig. My old pc is still running XP. How dow I go about moving my player profile, saved games, etc from my old pc to the new one? For example, I installed COD MW2 on my new pc. I assume that all I need to do is copy the player folder from my old pc...

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?) I have a Netgear WGR614 v2 wireless cable / dsl router and I wanted to get some sort of repeater or extender. My cable connection is at one side of my house, and my wife's office is at the other side, and her wireless connection worked...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) As of Oct 5th, Microsoft Update wants me to install DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime update (can't be uninstalled). I don't know a lot about Direct X. Is there any downside to running this update? Thanks! Scott

I was thinking about dual booting snow leopard on a windows 7 pc and I wanted to know what all comes with just the disc as far as software. Also is it a good idea to try and dual boot OS x? Thanks

Hey all, So with the help of tomshardware I made this pc last year: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.98 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler...

Is this worth buying or should I replace some parts? Patriot Viper 3 DDR3 2x4GB 2133MHz MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt Intel Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Core i5-3570K 3,4 GHz 6MB cache s. 1155 Box Gigabyte HD7970 3GB 384 PCI-E GDDR5 OC Samsung 120GB SSD840 SATAIII SilentiumPC Deus G1 600W For optical...

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) We just came across fireball with the serial# 1014. It has a black spinning disk instead of red. Does anyone know if this was a prototype disk or some aftermarket deal. thanks

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?) I have a DeskJet 880, which works fine on a Win98 box, connected to the USB 1.x port. Move it to a new XP box, USB 2, and it won't work. It prints part of a page and then chokes. I can't find updated drivers for XP other than the...

Hello, I connected my computer to my wired connection on the router and when I turn my airport off, I don't have the internet. What am I doing wrong? I have a Mac... thank you.

Hey guys! so im king at upgrading my system to windows 7. Im currently still on a windows vista trial thats ending ina few days and im looking at a few places to get my windows 7. I just found a site: http://www.insoftwarekey.com/windows-7-key-c-66.html and it had windows 7 listed as 21$...

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I'm running Windows XP home and I've had a Netgear DG834G Wireless Firewall Router since about August 2004. Since I’ve had it, it's seen practically 24/7 operation and never get’s switched off, but used most of the day. Last year, around February I started having connectivity issues, but that...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) Can I use extra memory I bought for my old Dell Dimension, bought 4ys ago, and put it in my nice new Dell Dimension 2400? Cheers

I cloned my HDD (I dont have a snow leopard disk) when I upgraded it and when I now go into bootcamp I get.... The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows Is there anyway that I can...