this has been said over and over and over again. can anybody right about something else?

Back the to the post, in my personal experience, what operating system you use is up to you and you should...

I was confused with mpg and mpeg-1. WMP will play mpg's, like dos_centavos said, but you do need the right codecs.

>Don't use quicktime, baaad playback on windows machines, and not much can be done.

I disagree, there is nothing wrong with quicktime on windows. It plays perfectly fine, just like on a mac. But I...

what program are you using? windows media player doesn't play mpg's. itunes does though, but I recommend vlc because it can play any format.

I think the best support I've gotten was from Apple. Every time I've called, I've talked to americans. They're helpful and they actually know what they're talking about.

>the last guy I spoke to regarding my laptop was a student doing his masters in computer science.

Well, that's the exception, not the rule. You won't have Computer Science majors answering calls...

I know people who work in call centers, and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have posted that. Dell hires many people, and they don't require experience. They train you and teach you everything you need to...

This might help
http://www.talkiphone.com/forums/iphone-chat/430-connect-iphone-exchange-2003-a.html
The iphone is 100% compatible with exchange.

hey flashdance
*technician*

Dell techs aren't anything more than normal people who get paid to answer calls and read off sentences from a paper.

>I know you do ,and you give good advice ,I was actually surprised when you say you are so young no ones takes you expertise seriously,keep up the good work

why thank you. I guess I do need a lot...

>maybe if you stop using such a term they will take you more serious .one day yours [free computer stuff]will come !!LOL

I try to act profesional most of the time.

that is so cool, but it never happens to me! >.<

I'm so mad. Just because I'm young, people think I don't know anything about computers, and so they decide to ask advice from older people in my...

that's cool for you. i can't get anything from anybody. Stupid americans will throw away a whole computer that's 3-4 years old. They'll put it in the trash and don't even try to sell it or give it...

jbennet, how do you get so many computers?

>2005!

what?

you probably have spyware, that's why I never get those stupid screensavers or stupid things like that on the internet.

yep, that's exactly my friends motherboard. I do kind of hate it, it's pretty limited.

are you getting a blue screen?

actually I think my friend has one of those. It's annoying because the motherboard doesn't have an IDE controller, just SATA. But the rest of the computer, case, and everything, is very upgradeable.

well sorry but that's your dell. The ones i've worked with have every thing and use ATX motherboards.

>OH ,i thought you said they suck,funny because I think Dell Suck,even though i have sold many used one with great results ,i still don't like them ,mainly because of all the added un-necessary...

i still don't like compaq. i prefer dell.

>I have a question reguarding this vista feature,why not just increase the swap file size on you hard drive, instead of using a slower usb drive to add move memory.

flash memory is WAY faster than...

one the most economical options would be to build your own and get parts from newegg.com.
if you don't you feel you can build your own, I'd buy a dell or hp. Avoid buying cheap brand computers they...

>running MULTIPLE anti-virus and other malware programs

running more than one antivirus program is NOT recommended. They will interfere with each other and not work at all.

it's a flash drive that will work with readyboost. not just any drive will work, it needs to meet certain specifications, at least in vista.

actually you can do it in XP using this method
http://www.windowsxlive.net/?p=1337

do yourself a favor and get a new computer

why windows 98?

Your hardware is more than enough to run XP at a reasonable speed. No, flash drives cannot be used as main hard drives, at least not yet. Over 2 pages of processes? There's your problem, you have too...

What are the specs of your computer? how long has this been going on for?

It depends on your hardware. We need more information.

Usually reinstalling the OS is the only thing that will make a...

it could be a driver issue.

i don't know what the problem is. why don't you try installing ubuntu on it?

you can get a memory tester from http://www.memtest86.com/
you make an iso and burn it to a disk.

>How do I install drivers for the video card when XP setup is not complete. Is there a way of installing them before I install XP?

no, you cannot install drivers without an OS.

> When I use...

yes, you need drivers for you video card
find out what your card is and then google for the drivers.
use hardware manager to find out what card you have, or you can use windows updates to get the...

why don't you try wiping out the hard drive completly. www.killdisk.com
download the image, burn it on a cd and boot from it. this will write zeros on all the sectors, so it'll be completly wiped....

why don't you all just try using realvnc or ultravnc? these are far better from remote desktop

what is the lease time for ip addresses? how long does it last

sorry to say this but the gforce 6 series were never good and always had problems. upgrading to the 7 series might fix your problem, but they're a little pricy.