I bought my PC from Acer. It had Vista pre-installed. It came with no CD or anything else. I ended up uninstalling most of the Acer bloatware anyway.

But now I want to reformat my HD and install...

Shot in the dark, but does it get set on mute whenever you press a key or button?

Maybe a button is set as a mute shortcut, and whenever you press it, it inadvertently mutes

Hi there. I want to get a personal website going.

I made a google apps account, bought a website name off of enom.com, and got a hosting account at x10hosting.com

But I realised I am totally...

It's certainly on my to-do list if I decide to stick with Vista. Thanks for your help.

I haven't used Vista yet, but I'm sure some of the basic OS tweaks for 2000 and XP might still give your system a little speed.

Here are some pages that deal with performance issues. Just...

Thanks for the response.

It looks like I'll need to spend either way. On more ram if I want Vista, or on an older OS.

From what I've read, Vista is a disappointment, especially for people who...

Hello there, knowledgeable computerfolk from the land of the internet.

I am buying a computer in the next few days. It has Windows Vista pre-installed on it. I'd rather have Windows 2000 on it.
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I put this off for a while. I'll look into it once more at a later date with your instructions in mind. Thanks for the advice.

You know, your right. I have no idea why they're called "curse" words.

Hi there. I have a ripped(correct term?) CD on my hard drive. I wanted to burn it to save space on my computer. But when I tried to burn it, Nero gave me an error saying:

"Block size does not...

No, its not what you think. :cheesy:

It's my first time assembling a computer. I'm about to get some money to go parts-shopping soon in an effort to build my first desktop.

What's the most cost...

Hello folks.

I dont frequent this forum a whole lot, but whenever I have anything computer-related to deal with, this is the first place I visit.

I appreciate the clean, neat look of the...

Hey folks,

Im on a Dell 600m laptop with 2 usb slots in the back. The upper slot's plastic bit broke. Its a little black chip that just snapped one day and came off.

Is there a way I can fix it...

Thanks. But regarding the heating- is that a problem? I'd like to know if there is any way I can at least prevent my laptop from heating up too much. Is heating a problem?

Recently I've become concerned about the heating issues my laptop has been having so I did some research.

Turns out Im using a disproportionately large amount of memory even when Im running...

The program: Tribes Vengeance Multiplayer Demo.

The system processor requirements read: 1.0 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ processor or equivalent; 256 MB RAM

This never used to happen...

I use a program that can be considered CPU intensive. My laptop tends to heat up quite a bit after a while, but cools down later. [a] I'd like to know if excessive heat is a problem or not.

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Hi. My name is Josh and I'll be your troubled computer user for the week.