Not enough information........good help can only be gained from great information!

What sort of laptop?
What sort of soundcard?
etc, etc

Highly likely its a failing graphics card!

http://majorgeeks.com/Video_Card_Stability_Test_d5404.html

Why do you need two routers for the one LAN?

Ditch the ISP supplied modem and utilize the linksys with the inbuilt modem configured with your ISP server access details.

Modem addy should be...

Try these.

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/OTHERS/Toshiba-Equium-100-Display-Drivers-for-S3-ViRGE-MX-Video-4-10.shtml

This aint to bad really.....dont focus solely on boot times only though.

Has the systems multitasking capabilities improved somewhat?

How long do individual programs take to load when you have...

Not only should you check whats loading at startup but also what's running in the background.....Make sure your boot sequence is set to 'normal' and run through these computer maintenance steps:
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The use of a suitable networking protocol is what you need to look into to achieve this outcome.

I would suggest a protocol by which a
node could learn a MAC address without the need to use...

Its not about what sort of chip you have, any processor is capable of processing commands given.

Its probably more to do with software compatibility such as the version of OS your running and...

Just taking an opportunity to get my 2 cents back at those 'MS bashing' Mac Freaks!

Its not that Mac's are bad at all.......
Its all down to personal choice and what you wish to achieve from your...

By all means......Hehe!

Im guessing you mean the Hard drive when you say seagate????

If its making unusual sounds that seem out of the normal to you, this usually means that its about to go south for the winter....

This looks like a subnet route.

Maybe you should ask the customer for an ipconfig/all from the host to establish the actual clients addresses to be forwarded from the network.

LMAO!.......Touche!

I converted my Macbook to a sandwich toaster!

Works great cause it always runs so hot.....great for fryin eggs too!
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Software app conflict or Malware issue id say!

Network sharing centre options just dont disappear and reappear with random boots.

Send me a HJT log to have a look at:
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Not sure if you have tried yet, but maybe one of these hacks will help?
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Not advisable for use on the network these days for critical security purposes, and not sure why you would want to do this, but here you go:

http://www.putergeek.com/win95_install/

No probs........Nice work Jayne!

Without knowing your version of bios for the mobo its hard to pin down the POST error beep codes, however its most likely a video error that has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video...

This is surprising using roaming profiles however in my experience it's either a DNS issue or redirected folders that contain large files that are being copied across a slow network connection.
More...

Are you using roaming or local profiles?



The best way to accomplish this is by placing the accounts in an organizational unit, and then applying a group policy at that organizational unit...

Only tried the first one!

http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11019043dq4.jpg

Hehe, i think Dima might be a bit tired tonight so i will try and explain what i know you probably wont understand.....Basically, I guess a Network can be defined as 2 or more computer systems linked...

Go into the routers configuration settings and make sure that DHCP is enabled.

The router is your DHCP server and will issue IP addy's for all computers hooked to your LAN dynamically.
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This is tougher than if XP were installed first on the primary partition c:/ followed by the vista install on another logical partition.

Not sure if this will help:
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Hi Jayne.

Looks as though your new laptops network adaptor sees the wireless router downstairs as your network lists as available.

You need to make sure that the laptops settings are identical...

http://www.training-classes.com/learn/_k/c/h/i/chip_level/

This is the BIOS boot order for computer nodes. ie This is a machine that supports network booting (also called PXE).

This means on bare hardware the first boot will network boot as no OS is...

The point im making is that when you use a network owned by someone else, you enter into an agreement to be bound by the rules that they set which includes accessing only what they let you access!
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@jack2304....please start a new thread for issues unrelated to the current topic!

This thread belongs to c_slater_1.

You guys just dont get it do you?

Its not about the legality of the site your trying to access at all....its about the regulations set by the administrator of the networks bandwidth your accessing...

You will need to install the drivers again after the format.....get em off the disc that came with the card or at the card manufacturers website!

Have a look in Device manager under 'Network...

Excellent.....glad it helped!

Apparently the LUAFV driver, which controls UAC in Vista, can cause latency issues if the feature is disabled.
Once UAC is disabled, a registry tweak that disables the driver in question needs to...

I agree, User Account Control can be very annoying at first!

mmm....no make that always.

At least MS did something right and gave us the option to disable it, although this does seem to...

Ooops...my apologies!

Would you believe i run Ultimate on an AMD Athlon64 3000+ O/C'ed @ 2.4ghz / 2gig of DDR400 (PC3200) and a crappy old ATI Radeon 9250 128mb card stuffed in the AGP slot.
My...

I was hesitant to add to this thread fearing just another XP V's Vista fruitless argument.

Having been involved with Vista since beta 1 testing (nearly 3 years), i am pleased to see that many are...

No probs my friend......please let me know how things develop for you.

Format and clean install Windows dude......I know I sound like an ISP tech support guy, but this is often the best way to achieve results as a last resort, and i think we need to pull our 'last...

Im assuming that your going to be using a Web Host to .... then here are some general guidelines dependant on how many students you plan on allowing access for ofcourse:

"Text" documents take up...

'For some reason' could be anything from a fall off the cars dashboard (taking a heavy knock)....to.....downloading and running 'Debbie does Dallas' complete with infection.

Can you think back to...