Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge  Jan 13th, 2007 |
| Replies: 60 Views: 7,351 Re: Mac or Windows? :p
Well I have been using a PC since I started in computers. I stopped and used a mac mini while I was getting my Apple certifications. I guess it really depends on what you do the most. The mac was... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Dec 31st, 2006 |
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| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 31st, 2006 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,540 Re: keyboard virus - help
I'm just glad we could get you going in the right direction so that you got your problem fixed without getting ripped again. I always feel bad for people that get ripped off by unethical techs. ... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,540 Re: keyboard virus - help
That is way above and beyond the normal recompensation for installing a hard drive and "reloading." First, if there were no previous issues other than wanting a new, larger hard drive, there would... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,869 Re: Hearing bad things about OEM systems
Exactly. OEM just means Original Equipment Manufacturer. That means an OEM copy of the software was provided to you by the company that made your computer instead of being bought off the shelf in a... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 121 Views: 16,740 Re: What is 'YOUR' vista experience score.
LOL I think when I had RC2 on my desktop I garnered a 2.5, due to having PC2100 memory and only having 1.5 GB to boot, and also because I have an older Nvidea 6200 256MB AGP card. |
| Forum: Windows Vista Dec 30th, 2006 |
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| Forum: OS X Dec 30th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,540 Re: keyboard virus - help
Well I live in Greenville, SC. I only do side stuff on the weekends and when it does not intefere with spending time with my wife and son. That was another reason I left the retail industry. ... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 63 Views: 98,812 Re: No mixer device win xp
Wow, thank goodness I've only had this happen to me once on my wife's desktop. I got so frustrated troubleshooting it I ended up disabling the onboard sound and installing a 30 dollar Creative Labs... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 2,453 Re: Windows not showing CD drives
Here are some things to try.
First thing, shut down your pc, open it up and verify the Master/Slave/Cable Select jumper on both your cd drives. Make sure they are both set to Cable Select. ... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 3,339 Re: Cannot receive broadcast messages
Well, there is always a way around reloading. It usually boils down to which is "easier." You can start by first eliminating the normal startup programs. If they aren't intefereing, you will have... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 979 Re: Help with uninstall
Reinstalling the program then Uninstalling it again is probably the best or easiest way to get rid of them. Otherwise you can manually uninstall by simply deleting their program directories,... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,726 Re: My Videos folder crashing explorer.exe
Usually means you have corrupted or viral infested video files in the directory. Welcome to the downside of bittorrenting files from unsafe sources. Only resolution I can think of for you is to go... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,540 Re: keyboard virus - help
Well, I actually forgot to comment on that but I will now. Having worked in the retail side, I've seen people charge for a reload when it was not neccessary. The placed I worked for would even... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,296 Re: Help me find my sound!
Here's a few questions:
Is your new mainboard the same as your old mainboard? If the answer is no, locate the driver cd for the new mainboard and use it to install the drivers for it's onboard... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 3,339 Re: Cannot receive broadcast messages
Sounds like you actually have two problems.
In regards to broadcast messages:
If you are connected to a "switch" instead of a "hub," you will not recieve broadcast messages. Switches are... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 621 Re: Strange LAN/IP probs
Possibilities:
1. Bad patch cable. Try a different patch cable.
2. Bad port on switch/hub/router. Try a different port.
Additional information needed to help any further:
When you say it... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,540 Re: keyboard virus - help
This is a laptop right? Last time I checked, laptop keyboards have the numeric pad associated with standard keyboard keys. For instance on my Thinkpad if I turn Num Lock on then P becomes *, U... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 866 Re: ver very weird thing in xp
Linux can have some undesired after effects on hardware. I've even seen a monitor go pop and start smoking after having misconfigured the X server. My suggestion, back up your linux partition then... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,586 Re: blu-ray out and about
Way too expensive for my tastes. Besides I must be blind or something I think because I watched a demo at a local electronics shop of a blu-ray movie and normal dvd upscaled to hd playing... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 14,064 Re: Ping, "request Timed Out"
Don't worry about the 1394 connection. That is for networking firewire devices. As for your normal connection, if you have your firewall turned on and/or behind a router of some sort, you are... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,548 Re: DSL only hooks up using USB
With most modems I have seen, when you are using the USB port for connection to a computer, the ethernet port becomes disabled automatically. If that is what you have at the moment, you will need to... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
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| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,330  Re: Unable to access any microsft website
Hiya,
Sounds to me like a possible firewall issue. I'm not familiar with that specific modem. I do know, however, that some dsl/cable modems have a built in firewall that can be set to block... |
| Forum: Community Introductions Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 657 Hello Everyone
Just wanted to stop in here and say hello to everyone. My name is David and I have been a "techie" for a little over a decade now. I'm currently employed by CompuCom Systems Inc. and am located in... |
| Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Dec 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,082 Re: My First Time
What goes into a pc usually equates to what you want the pc to do. Are you looking for something that handles Windows and Office fairly well? Are you just interested in a web surfing and email... |
