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Hello everyone, I recently purchased a new graphics card for my wife, only to find out that it required two 6-pin power inputs from the PSU. Problem being, her 700w Rocketfish PSU doesn't have the needed connectors. Nor does it even have enough 4-pin molex to make use of the two 2x4-pin molex...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Beginning yesterday, when my boss launches any program ALL desktop icons disappear. The Start Button, Quick Lauch, toolbar and clock area are that's visible. If we right-click on the desktop when the icons are missing...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) First off, apologies if this has already been covered - just couldnt find it :) We are running XP Pro SP2 and having just bought a good digital camera to take on holiday, have discovered MovieMaker. The problem is the...

I want to either move or restart Windows Backup to a new drive. So I'd like to wipe the current Backup off the drive it is currently on. I really don't care that much about saving older recovery points. Is there a way to just switch where the recovery is saved and once a new restore point has...

Wondering how much better the 8120 apart from the 4100. Asking as just a question, not buying.

My use-case: I just bought a new case, and was going to port all of the aftermarket parts from my Dell XPS-8300. The case is a NZXT Source 210, with a ASRock Z75 Pro3 Motherboard. As I am on a budget, and someone else had mentioned in these forums it should be doable, I was going to try and...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I updated my computer with Office 2003 and now I am getting an error that says I am missing a file called 511974.MAINSP3ff.msp. I cannot use all the functionality of office to include outlook. I tried system...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?) I am reinstalling XP onto a machine after I put in the product key code on installing networks with 32 minutes to go the installation stops. It does not crash out, the screen seems to been running as normal but...

Windows 7 locks up when I boot. From command prompt I can see that my c: drive is now d:. It will boot into safe mode but not into normal mode. Any ideas?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) How do you make a pict in to a screen saver?.

Hello, it appears that my motherboard has spontaneously stopped recognising SSDs, I have no clue what's going on. I have an Asus P9X79 Pro and am trying to use an OCZ Agility 3 and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. Only two days ago the OCZ drive was functioning fine, it's been my boot drive for over a...

hi guys, i am planning to build pc: I7 3770 ,16gb ram,750w PSU and 7970 ghz edition. the problem is i dont know which mobo to choose, Gigabyte H77-DS3H or Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 . i am dont planning any oc to CPU or CFX. Z68P-DS3 is cheaper in 25$, is that 25 bucks worth it ?

Hi Guys/Gals I am trying to setup a lan at my place between 2 pcs. I have got 1 main PC and other secondary pc which i use sometime for taking backups. my setup configuration is secondary pc temporarily connected to main pc by crosswire cat5 cable (2meter in length). ADSL cat5 cable...

Hello, I need the drivers for card of video capture of GADMEI PT228 TV TUNER CARD, for Windows 7 64 bit.

Hi Guys I need help :??: My gem of a wife has bought me a GFX card for Xmas which is exactly the same as the one i have so I can run them SLI. Unfortunately my mother board only has one PCi 2.0 slot so I can't install a second card :( I have looked at a few boards but lots of them don't...

i want motherboard drivers 945gc

Hello: I have recently installed an Intel 520 480GB SSD in my computer. I took the data migration option and all seemed to go well. I downloaded the software from www.intel.com. Installed the software and followed the wizard through the cloning operation. When cloning was finished I...

Hello everybody, It seems this is the best forum for overclocking stuff. I've read threads and threads in this forum, really helpful indeed. However, I have old computer and I'm not planning on getting the new one because I'm just using my computer to play old sql games such as CoD2, C&C...

I have just put together a rig, and my monitors at the moment are terrible. They must be at least 5 years old. I need a monitor for 1080p games/video. If the price could be under £100 it would be great, but if needed i can spend a max of £120.

Okay, so I've researched the heck out of this and haven't been able to find a solution yet so far. So please any help would be greatly appreciated. I just want to know if this card is doa or not. My pc specs: Amd Fx 8120 cpu Corsair ddr3 8gb ram Biostar A880gz motherboard Raidmax 530 watt psu...

Initially my question was 3770K vs 3820. Then it came to mind that getting the 3820 would be advantageous for the future upgradability of socket 2011. What would you guys think would be the smartest choice for a gaming/editing rig.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) I guess I should phrase my question a bit better. Why doesn't my CD-RW act as regular floppy? Is there some way to achieve this because I find it hard to believe that I am limited to having to erase a whole doggone CD just to...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) Hi everyone, We want to assign a key combination to switch between 2 custom programs(similar to ALT+TAB). It was suggested that this could be done with the help of a tool(possibly TweakUI). Is there a way to do it ...

Hi, I was thinking about putting 2 sets of 2x1Gig 6400 of these memories to total amount of 4 Gigs to run under Vista. Should I expect any problems or everything will run smoothly? Mobo - asus P5K and E6850. thanks

I will be replacing my PC's MoBo soon. My PC came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit. I want to upgrade the motherboard, but I heard that I will lose my OS. Is that true? If so, can I reinstall my OS (I have the product key, but no installation disk)? Will I lose my data as well?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I'm having trouble getting into my son's Toshiba laptop. He came home from Uni with his PC riddled with Trojans and worms and not able to log on to the machine, it went through the motions, then announced it was saving...

Hey, there. Ever since the gaming pc around, I was really interested in it, but I never actually had enough money to buy a decent one. Now that I have enough, I've decided to build a custom PC, and I want your guys' input on it! I have around $1200~ to spend. I'm able to go higher than that...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B9JC Hello community! I was just wondering what your thoughts are of this build i might get. Will it beable to run games like arma 2, bf3, cyrsis 2 on at least 30fps?

Hello, Im in high school and ready to build my first gaming PC. Heres the catch, it has to be under $500. If possible could you guys post your favorite sub $500 gaming setup? If so that would be great. Change of plans: So it turns out I don't need a OS or a monitor, I don't know if it will make...

I got my new gaming computer in about 2 weeks ago, and I've been a bit anal about the temps. Here are my specs and the temperatures I'm receiving. Cpu: AMD-FX 8120 Eight core Ram: 4GB Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 -- AMD 970 Power supply: 650W So, at idle, I...

I'm getting $3-400 that I want to put towards my pc, I'm just unsure of what to upgrade for the best performance. PC Specs: Amd fx 6100 8gb corsair vengence Amd XFX 7770 ghz core edition Asus M5 A97 R2.0 250bg hdd

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) Well, my fun continues with my eMachines combo drive. After 5 chat sessions that led to hours of various steps, including using the restore disk (to no avail, but much software reinstallation!), I finally convinced them to send...

I've been running windows 7 rc x64 on my home built system ever since I built it. A few days ago I ordered the $49.99 windows 7 from best buy, but now I hear that that it's only an upgrade and you had to have vista or xp for it to work. Is this true and it will not work on my computer, or will...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I see things like Windows 2000 or XP for $50. I would like to replace the OS on a old Dell PII latitude company laptop I have with a fresh install (there is nothing I need to keep). Is that stuff for real or is there...

i have a 120gb agility 3 ssd on win 7 64bit, 16gb ram, i get frequent lockups that last about 2 mins and am able to move the mouse when it does this but not click on anything just get spinning cursor circle. so my bios is set to ide not ahci, do i need to change this to fix the problem or is...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) printer is very slow. takes 2 minutes to do 2 page report. Saw advice to change parrell port bios to at or something else but not ecp or epp. Mine are on lpt1. any new ideas? -- cyndi

Hi, My question concerns Microsoft Office 2000 and Windows 7 compatibility. Windows 7 isn’t compatible with Office 2000. In a new system build with Windows 7, would a second operating system (Windows XP) on a separate partition or disc drive get around the compatibility issue?

Hello, i have download dvd driver for window7

Well I guess I just can't win. I just built a new gaming rig with 8gigs of RAM. I made the mistake of installing WinXP Pro x32 on it. I find out that 32 bit OS's can't access 8 gigs of RAM , so I went and bought an OEM Win7 64 bit disk. Come to find out now, Win7 x64 doesn't play well with...

Okay, I uploaded a server application to my hard drive for my other computer to run. The other computer did not seam to recognize the iOmega 1tb hard drive. So I tried multiple ports. Still no sound. So I plug it back into my main computer to see if it's the hard drive. My heart drops. No sound...