YAY! I tried k-lite codec and I can finally watch DVDs! Thanks Caperjack. Thanks for your suggestion as well Maui; I tried DIVX first because I had heard of it and I don't know why that didn't work,...

I installed DIVX and it still doesn't work. When I put in the DVD real player is the only option I had to play it and that still doesn't work so I uninstalled real player now there is no option for...

I guess this is why I use firefox, but Microsoft won't let me play on the gaming zone without IE.
When I try to log into Dani Web the site looks like it logs me in and says "Thank you" and then it...

Thanks! I think I'll try DIVX and see if that works.

I hope this is the right place to post this thread. I just got a used Sony DVD player for my computer and it seems to read CD-ROMs fine but yesterday I tried to put a DVD in it and XP pops up a...

I use cable internet though and I thought windows XP loaded drivers for the NIC card. So it should be able to connect?

Thanks, I just reinstalled windows XP and now it boots fine however I can't access the internet with it for some reason.

Anyone know why this would happen?

Yes thank you! That worked. I didn't realize I had to enter the link manually; I thought it inserted it automatically when I clicked new bookmark.

Well I don't know what's going on, but when I try to boot from the CD-ROM it hangs up. I get "Windows is inspecting your hardware" and the screen goes blank and nothing happens after that! When I...

I went in the BIOS and I couldn't find the boot order; maybe I was looking in the wrong place so I disconnected the CD ROM lol. But it still doesn't boot. OK I guess I will try booting from the CD...

When I insert a bookmark in the bar at the top it inserts but when I click the button it doesn't do anything. How do I fix this?

I was trying to fix a computer for somebody and he said his hard drive was corrupt, which may be the case, but I'm not sure if I have to reinstall windows. The error message I get when windows is...

Somebody at work gave me an Athlon XP 2000+ computer which is faster than my old p4 and it only has 256 mb RAM but it has 3 more slots; mine uses RAMBUS memory which is too expensive, so I was going...

I tried to put a site in the top bar where the quick links are but nothing happens when I click it. I also tried enabling the links bar in the taskbar and it didn't work from there either. Anyone...

I don't understand why because it will run on original xbox. I guess I could just buy a console. lol

This makes me even more determined not to buy it!
I just looked up the system requirements for Halo 2, which supposedly run on a Pentium 3; however Microsoft supposedly only released it for Vista....

Great I just read something that said Halo 2 would only be released for Vista! I hate Microsoft. lol

That's what I suspect but it will probably help with some games I want to play. I'm hoping my cpu is fast enough for Halo 2; it runs on xbox so I suspect it is, but I better check requirements. Also...

Well maybe it's just time for another computer lol I priced the memory on ebay and I did see at least one buy-it-now for 512 mb of the same type of memory for $40; so I'll probably try that. I...

Even when I scroll down to the bottom or back up to the top of the thread my CPU usage goes up to 100%. I don't understand how this could be a memory issue because my memory is not maxed out?

No it's dani web because it happens even when project playlist is not running; I just checked. Although I can see how it would make the problem worse. Projectplaylist works with no lag; only this...

The problem is still happening though; when I click on a thread I noticed that the CPU goes up to 100% and apparently that is why I can't scroll anything because the CPU is busy. It stays at around...

OK in the task manager it now shows the system idle process is using 85-95% of CPU, which looks good to me. I don't see anything suspicious using it.

I agree from my own experience it might take MUCH more time to try to fix the problem than it would to just backup your files and reinstall Windows, unless you are an expert. Of course I would prefer...

Well PCI-E is faster I think.

I'm confused because in task manager it had a processes tab but I don't see a CPU heading? I mean, I do at the top but this doesn't give me any additional info, except in the column which processes...

OK I will tell you; What is the easiet way to take a screen shot again? Because I can't copy and paste processes. There are not that many processes running now, maybe 29.

The only thing I see on the graph is firefox.exe, averaging 30% CPU usage with project playlist running.

Well it looks like it might be a while before I can buy another PC, so I guess I'll have to be happy with World of Warcraft lol. Maybe I will check the specs for Halo 2. I think I will look on ebay...

Yes, I have 2 slots with 128mb RIMMs installed and 2 free. Thanks for warning me about the Dells; I would certainly want to put a graphics card in my next computer because I like to play games, so...

OK I reinstalled Firefox and I completely removed Java and still having the same problem so obviously it's not Java, cause I haven't even reinstalled it yet.

"Finally 256MB of memory for todays applications is not enough. I would recommend 1gig of memory as the starting point, however any upgrade you can make at this point will make a significant...

OK I tried to see if it was Firefox by using IE7, however I could not do this because IE7 has a different issue: It lets me log in but as soon as I try to access control panel it logs me out and says...

OK I did some trial and error research on CPU usage by opening task manager and found that it was using up to 50% of CPU with just project playlist running; although strangely enough it was running...

I don't know how to see the exact process on a graph in task manager; maybe I should use process explorer next time. All I can see that is using CPU is firfox. I suspect it is the ads on this site....

I'm still not sure if I've figured it out. It just happened again and I had no CPU spikes before and hard drive light is not coming on, so I'm not so sure that it's related to memory. I did find out...

I wish I knew the answer but all I can do here is vent about HP, because my Compaq didn't work when I ordered the restore CD and it was supposedly the incorrect one so it didn't work at all. Pissed...

Couldn't it also be the power supply? Although it might do it more often...

I am certainly not an expert with viruses but possibly if you can find the processes running you could pause them and then delete them. Some are set to restart if you disable.