Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003  Oct 29th, 2005 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 23,700 Re: Problem with Netgear Firewall
I suspect the default user name and password will be ADMIN
It should be mentioned in the user manual, which can be downloaded from the manufacturer website if you don't have it. I don't use Netgear... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Oct 26th, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,600 Re: We're looking for News.
Any blog whatsoever can be featured as news. That happens for individual blog entries, not for the entire blog as an automatic process. I (and others) read all blog entries posted, and constantly... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 11th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 11th, 2005 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,766 Re: help
If that old hard drive has Windows XP on it your problem will be because Windows XP does not allow you to 'move' a working installation from one system to another in this way. There is no 'official'... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 11th, 2005 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,766 Re: help
That's probably part of the problem right there.
Please follow the instructions in this topic, and then report back to let us know if it works in 'barebones' configuration or indeed if you've been... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,856 Re: what is the problem?
Not necessarily correct that a mobile chip will be recognised by the system BIOS on your motherboard. It may have similar architecture but it has different ID, and it'd be 'pot luck' if your board... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 4,254 Re: Power No Boot
Whilst I'd agree that this doesn't sound too promising, I wouldn't go 'trashing' a laptop without first ensuring that it was, indeed, 'dead' and not simply experiencing some small problem.
I'm... |
| Forum: Web Browsers Oct 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 31,530 |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,291 |
| Forum: Web Browsers Oct 6th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,742 Re: Number on Sys Properties/General tab XP
It's an ID code for the disc used to install Windows on the machine. It's not the "CD key" which you have to enter during the installation, but it IS a unique ID 'name' for the specific install disc... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,575 Re: Audio Loss...
Agreed. The absolute WORST place to get hardware device drivers is from Microsoft. If the 'newest drivers' have been sourced from Microsoft rather than from the hardware manufacturer, then that... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 2,200 Re: Computer Security Alarm
If securing your PC while you're away from it is the goal, then you're approaching the problem from the wrong direction.
In display properties - screensaver you can set a password so that the PC... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,971 Re: Low on virtual Memory....
It usually means that Windows doesn't have enough 'hooks' left to 'hang' programs on, not that you've run out of physical memory.
If you haven't got heaps of programs open, or rebooting doesn't... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,846 Re: hdd problem- locked up system
Have you got a make and model for that computer please? The 'HDD button' thing is rather peculiar, as I'm sure you've realised from some of the responses so far, and it'd help to know just what your... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,280 Re: reinstalled windowsxp
Need some more information here. That comment could means lots of different things to lots of different people.
What sort of computer do you have? Does it have a Windows CD or does it have a... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 18,475 Re: Help Sony VAIO hidden partition
I hope those old 'Ghost' images help you retrieve the programs you've lost.
The movie playing problems sound like your system is simply missing the codec files needed to decode and play back the... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,391 Anyone experiencing slow loads?
Hi all,
I'm currently experiencing excruciatingly slow page loading at DaniWeb, even on 1500K ADSL, and was wondering if others are having the same experience?
Please let us know your connection... |
| Forum: Web Browsers Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 31,530 |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 4,805 Re: PC won't start.
Then your problem isn't a 'dead machine' one. If Windows begins to load and then stops loading then your problem is a Windows installation one.
Try a 'refresh'... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 3,956 Re: What is a Geek?
Speak for your bloody self!
I just happen to be a 'rough as guts' old bushie, who loves a gutsful of grog, enjoys going to the footy and hanging out with the blue singlet crowd, soends every minute... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 5th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,481 Re: Corrosion on the MoBo?!
Sorry to tell you this, but Mom's PC has reached the end of its useful life for some reason. Those are 'blown' capacitors which are quite important for the system to work, and although they CAN be... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 46 Views: 16,756 Re: Building your own PC
Here's an extremely good and well illustrated guide to putting together a modern, Socket 939 system:
http://www.hardwarezone.com/guides/amd-socket939/index.php?pg=1 |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 7,931 Re: Dell Optiplex GX150 workstation not booting
Hi, and sorry to take so long to get to this question.
Have you tried replacing the CMOS battery and then running the hard drive auto detection in BIOS setup?
Your problem sounds like a dead CMOS... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 18,475 Re: Help Sony VAIO hidden partition
I'm sorry, but by deleting that 'hidden' partition and then continuing to use the drive you have most likely destroyed any chance that even expensive commercial data recovery services could get it... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,276 Re: PC missing in action
That is not enough information from which to make any 'diagnosis'. Please make use of the "Read this first" pinned topic at top of page to troubleshoot your system in a 'bare bones' configuration... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,920 Re: Unusual XP Problem
It is worth running a memory test for sure, and if the RAM tests OK then the next thing to suspect is the hard drive. Download the diagnostic software available from Western Digital website, run... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Oct 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 4,805 Re: PC won't start.
Hi,
I've posted standard troubleshooting procedures in the pinned "Read this first" topic at top of page. Stripping a system back to basics and systematically trying it out by adding components... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 3rd, 2005 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 142,533 Re: There are no active mixer devices available.
Oh dear!
You've 'piggy-backed' a question onto a long-dead discussion, then got angry because nobody was logged in over the weekend to address your problem! You became impatient after only an hour... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Sep 29th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,410 Re: Gmail invite
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10502-21.html
That's the thread for posting GMail invites. Please continue using it rather than posting them in here. |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Sep 29th, 2005 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 3,120 Re: Gmail swap forum
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10502-21.html
That's the thread for posting GMail invites. Please continue using it rather than posting them in here. |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 2,616 Re: Parents in court over evolution
That's rather petulant isn't it?
My point (the on-topic one) was made a bit further back when I suggested that it was a sad situation to allow courts to dictate educational content. Let's not... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 2,616 Re: Parents in court over evolution
the term "a god" is religion-neutral. The capitalised term "God" when attributed as a name is most certainly religion-specific, whether you lot want to accept the fact or not :D |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 56 Views: 13,234 Re: LimeWire
It'd also be illegal to broadcast it via streaming it on the internet :D
But people who get 'busted' for illegal content get busted because they have it, not because they've downloaded it. It's the... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,013 |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,972 Re: my computer won't work after overclocking
Agreed. You only need reset CMOS as BuggZ has said, to allow the system to boot with default and autodetect settings. It's a simple procedure and a common task faced by overclockers who've pushed... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 3,668 Re: won't go past POST
Before you do, though, if you have Windows XP on that hard drive you need to format it and install again. XP doesn't allow you to put the hard drive in a different system and boot up ;)
As... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,013 |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 2,616 Re: Parents in court over evolution
Excuse me for interrupting this wonderful discussion, but do you mob realise just how silly it looks to the rest of the woeld that you have a 'First amendment' to your Constitution guaranteeing that... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 56 Views: 13,234 Re: LimeWire
Here in Australia, (as I'm sure you'll find that it is also elsewhere) the actual act of downloading illicit material is not, in itself, illegal. However having that material in your possesion IS... |
