Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 5,121 something that make your system hang randomly can be because (what i remember now):
- unidentified bad sector in hdd.
- faulty ram.
- clashed driver resources. incorrect h/w driver.
- pc... |
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 10th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 5,121 well acrotray.exe usually don't eat resources,
are you by chance install/uninstall something from adobe or pdf program? probably it is corrupted.
have you try to uninstall the acrobat reader and... |
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 755 on my computer icon, right click and choose properties
then click on hardware and click device manager button.
on it uninstall your sound device under some sound icon.
restart and usually your... |
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,958 iwhen you boot up, right after bios screen, is there no:
"press anykey tooboot from cd" or something like it.
it only stay for 5 seconds.
are you using crt monitor? because the screen power up is... |
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 5,121 try disabling several start up programs in safe mode by using msconfig, to see what's clogging your system... |
Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,105 try using nvidia gforce 8800 series, it support directx 10 |
Forum: Network Security Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 9,962 well i never really use norton, but it sure is using high cpu time,
i my self using comodo softwares to protect my pc (antivirus, bho, firewall), they are freeware and quite strong, and don't eat... |
Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Dec 7th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 5,130 use norton ghost it is the most famous one, just put your larger disk as slave, run the xp as usual, and you use the norton ghost to copy entire hdd to your new (slave) hdd.
after that restart your... |
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP Dec 6th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 3,324 i don't know if this is working on xp home,
but try to just go to step three in installation, instead going right to the first 'r' repair.
in this third step of installing xp (you'll see your hdd... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Dec 6th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,214 if it is still in warranty you "must" make use of the warranty
anyway, is it really hardware related or a mess up in your OS system? if it is on your OS system, the best bet is to use the recovery... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,010 there could be many thing:
software wise (OS, application, malware, etc)
Hardware wise (heat, cold, dust, electricity, dust, etc)
to see if it is indee hardware:
go to bios, check the... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,214 :)
well i put those because now that configuration is the common one today, you can have it for 200-300 bucks (70 for mb, 80 for processor, 60 for vga, 50 for enlight psu, and the rest for casing,... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,315 it is china made, about 2-3 dollars worth. not strong but enough for cards and keyboard cleaning...
there also a small compressor (you can wrap your hand around it) about 5-7 dollars worth, but must... |
Forum: Site Layout and Usability Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,210 well, if even joomla is too complicated, then i doubt that you'll find another one easier, well supported than joomla... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,315 yes you are right, using compressor is the best one...
i guess i'm too used to mine using special vacuum, it's small one using usb as its source of power, it is not generating heat, so it is ok for... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,214 mb= mother board
fsb=front side bus --> 800 is the speed of data transfer
:)
btw this is only a minimum requirement, better if you exceed what i mention above |
Forum: Site Layout and Usability Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,210 not 100% true, it is true that it is an rc3, but this rc3 by far is quite nice, no more major exploit recognized. and if you browse to joomla sites, several of them already use joomla 1.5 rc3.
i my... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,315 yes you need to open the cpu casing to see whether it is full of dust or not. because sometimes dust can make your hardware behavior strangely.
to clean the dust, take off all component except the... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,214 to make it simple try to ask the hw vendor the right configuration for what you wan't.
but from my experience:
- xp pro sp2, (wait for vista after 2 years old for stability and support)
- dual... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,010 try slaving your hdd to another computer and scan it to see if it really is because of virus.
while you wait for the scan result, try to boot up you pc to see if it can stay up long, better if you... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,392 i've experiencing the same problem with the installer trying to install visual foxpro,
i basically insert the installation cd, and reinstall the software and uninstall it again with several times... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,384 have you tried seeing the power dc output in bios, see if the dc output is fluctuated so much. if so then you need an ups to stabilize your electricity...
otherwise you look up for the... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,315 have you considered the dust? |
Forum: Site Layout and Usability Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,210 i agree with it, but if you want more choice you can visit [triple w][dot]opensourcecms[dot]com
also with the rise of joomla 1.5, not all extensions are compatible with joomla 1.5 |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 647 just a work around, because when i query with php and i have so many "and"s in "where" it is working...
so instead depend whole in sql, why don't you just query it simply until what "where..and" is... |
Forum: Community Introductions Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 571 hi,
i'm just stumble upon this forum when i look for help for ip tables configuration, hope someone can help :)
i think i can stay a long time mingle in this community, looking for help ;)
ups... |
Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 918 hi, i'm a newbie in linux,
i would like to ask you guy about setting up the iptables,
when i just have one webserver and one mailserver, the routing is ok,
but when i add one webserver (so it... |