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 | What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware …  |
| | I am hestitant to use IE 6 unless it is absolutley necessary. I usually use netscape or msn explorer. In my opinion IE is just to exploited. Now, for my question.... When I visit certain sites I have noticed that certain things get changed on my computer. Usually its just … |
| | i have been trying to access my hotmail account for days. it allows me to sign in and then it simply goes to a blank screen. it's like everything is downloaded but nothing is showing. my computer is working in all other manners. any suggestions? |
| | [SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial]I have recently refomatted my computer and after being on for several minutes it will freeze up. It is like there is a software conflict or something going on. It will work fine then freeze up. How can I determine the cause of this?[/font][/b][/size]  |
| | I'm using IE6 on Windows ME. When I load IE from the desktop, it launches as a full screen window but if I launch a link from a website as a new window, it launches as just the title bar. I seem to have lost the resize ability for the … |
| | whenever i type an url(say mail.yahoo.com) without http:// preceding it, it changes its form and becomes C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\mail.yahoo.com!! recently i accedentally deleted some keys from the registry and after that this happens. can anyone help? |
| | I restarted my computer and after i logged in, it said that it could not run "fntldr.exe", (it was missing). i think i need this for the WIN.INI file but how can i retrieve it? |
 | Ok, I have need for speed underground and when I play it the picture is very slow i think its called frames per second ,well it looks like a million pictures on a silde show and someone clicking next real fast..know what i mean? Well right now im running an … |
| | ok i just got this brand new compaq persario 2.5 ghz pentium 4 pocessor and i just recently looked under the hood of the machine and it has no AGP slot yet there is a space for it on the mobo i was just wondering if one could be put … |
| | me once more! Alright, I have a monitor that turns off automaticly. I have already checked the powersave options and it is turned off. I have it set on ALWAYS ON and nothing shuts down unless the user shuts it down. But it still turns off for some reason. The … |
 | I've got a friend who keeps getting a link posted in his profile everytime he signs on. The text is like "Whoah look at what I found!" and it's some link to a site. He's tried deleting it and restarting, but it comes right back. Also I told him to … |
| | Now, I'm sure I'm offending about 100,000 people by making this post, but "suck it up." Novell (and Windows, for this case) will defeat Linux. Maybe not in a year, but it will come eventually. Why? When you go to a store (or e-store), you can go and pick up … |
| | ok, i changed my mind and am now going with a FX5200, the 9200se was only 64-bit while the 5200 is 128-bit I found two models of the FX 5200 and i need to know which one will give me a better performance One is the 5200plus it has mega … |
| | Whoo! I've never been so happy to see my computer again.. 4 days ago my hard drive died / crashed with no backup since last year. needless to say I thought I lost 7gb of workd and data. I was going crazy so I looked online for some datarecovery services …  |
| | I was downloading a zip file and i accidently unticked the box that says "prompt me... for this type of file" how do i get that back? |
| | We just updated one of our computers from Windows 98 to Windows XP Pro. The IOMEGA CD driver & software we have is not compatible with Windows XP (of course, they want us to upgrade!), so every time we start our system we get the error message "Error loading DLL, … |
| | Whenever I try to download updates to windows xp I get error messages to the effect that my product key is invalid. What do i do ? I cannot imagine reinstalling another OS, this has allready given me enough stress. |
| | My OS is XP and have Kingston 512k sdram pc133. I also have a gforce 420 agp video card. I purchased a stick of 512k generic pc133 sdram put it in my computer and now my computer locks up. Why? Does the ram have to be the same brand? |
| | Hallo guys, Is there no way I can set up my own email account with a domain name without going through an ISP? e.g. ****.agtek@gci.org. I intend to use the outlook express but it keeps on giving the following message: Internet email - gci The pop3 server name you specified … |
| | Im kinda of a newbie to wireless networking however i have a few questions I cant seem to find the answers on the net. given a good or worse Wireless PCI Adapter what is the maximum range they can communicate to wireless router inside a house. Guessing the house has … |
| | Just in case there is any other poor soul on this board that is still running Win98 like me, read this short article. [url]http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002736.asp?cp1=1[/url] :sad: I wonder if I'll be able to get those handy patches any more? "Patches?? We don't need no stinking patches!!" :rolleyes: |
| | I run winXP Home 56k Connected at 52bps off Earthlink ISP p4 3.2 1gig ram radeon 9800 video and no clue why i constantly ping 999 in most online FPS games... i dont lag in MMORPG's just FPS games mostly "first person shooter" i didnt used to ping so high. … |
| | I have a computer that is going weird on me. I need to get hte problem fixed. When a teacher tries to access a website, the error message pops up: [B]TOO MANY OTHER FILES ARE CURRENTLY IN USE BY 16-BIT PROGRAMS. QUIT ONE OR MORE 16-BIT PROGRAMS OR INCREASE THE … |
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| | when i right click on any website theres this porn link. ive tried a lot to get rid of it, but it just stays there. any suggestions? p.s. im sorry for posting three post. |
| | I need help. I recently upgraded to OSX 10.2.8 after installing my computer froze and I got an error message. it includes the date plus "init:can't exec /bin/sh for single user: Exec format error" I have tried booting from CD, using various keyboard commands and nothing has work yet, any … |
| | bought win xp home ed "upgrade, attempted to install it and registered product code to my backup computer , Gateway 950 gighertz with 2 8 gig harddrives, cddvd rom drv and cdrw drv, ,,,,,,,,,,and roxio cd burn program for phillips cd-rw drv. got corrupt errors on Uggrade edition so i … |
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| | I have a computer that use to use xp but I had to reformat it so it has windows 98 on it now and I dont know how to renetwork it again. My other computer that is in the network runs off of win xp. I am not familiar with … |
| | Wow it seems every post I read starts out with "Hey I am a newbie to this, I need some help" then it is continued by a long long long paragraph without any commas, periods, and so on. Well here I go, but i'll try to keep it short and … |
| | This is driving me just crazy! I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 installed and it works fine. However, whenever I open up a *.pdf file, it defaults to opening up in Apple's "Preview" application. Where could I change this setting? |
| | I had Kazza and got tons of popups so I reinstalled XP (cause KAZZA wouldn't go away). Now I can connect to the internet fine and everything appears ok, but after maybe five minute connected the modem starts sending and recieving data that I have no controll over. I talked … |
| | Greetings, From my G3 I can see my Windows XP shares, and my Windows XP shared Printer is set up, but when I attempt to print from my G3 I get one line of gibberish. The following is the output of the gibberish: %! PS - Adobe - 3.0 %RBINumCopies … |
| | hi, i just upgraded my win 98 to win2k (using the upgrade to win2k option instead of installing a new win2k) when i boot up, entering the page where i key in the acount and password, after keyin the username and password, it shows a "loading" and "saving settings" then … |
| | Everytime I try to open IE a message appears stating that IE has performed an illegal operation. When I close that message box another box appears with a message stating that I am restricted from from using the internet connection wizard contact the network administrator. I am running Win98 on … |
| | Can someone please help me determine what items I should eliminate, as they are likely responsible for my homepage being redirected to an unknown site .... as well as the abundance of pop-ups. I have Google toolbar with pop_up blocker but that does not prevent these new breed of pop_ups … |
| | Instead of using a non-root account, like ur supposed to :P |
| | Hello all, for upgrading, installing, deleting etc without get lost with the rpms from Linux 9 (redhat), get apt-get from [url]http://apt.freshrpms.net/[/url] If you want a graphical interface to apt-get, just type in a terminal 'apt-get install synaptic' Or delete redhat and install debian unstable aka sid |
| | I just noticed that whenever I go to a certain website (I've not noticed this with any other website...ever), it gives me the "this page can not be displayed" error message. That in itself isn't a big deal...except now I can not go to ANY pages after that. All I … |
 | Somebody plz tell me to how to get options like " windows xp " " windows me" while booting.I don't see the options.How to enable them from settings ?  |
 | [FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkOrchid]i need some help or something. everytime i get on the computer i get swamped with ads that pop up all the time and now this program thing keeps installing itself on my computer. i uninstall it but it keeps coming back. its apparently called Ezula and i've been … |
| | I am having a big problem with my windows Xp Pro. it "crashes" I guess.. but when it does the screen just gets lines on it and then I have to re boot. it lets me re boot and then it will do it again. it is random and dosent … |
| | hey guys. i just built myself another computer, i know what i'm doing there, put all the parts in right blah blah blah, put the cathode light in correctly blah blah blah. Heres the problem: I go to turn my computer on, to look at the pretty light lol, and … |
 | Hi All, Anyone know how to change the remote login screen in red hat 8.0. at the moment i get 'login as:' where i would like to display some kind of disclamer or warning, # you are entering the systems of yada yada yada, if you dont have permision please …  |
| | What's the difference between emacs with GTK support and xemacs? I understand they are both branches from the ol' console text editor. Which one would have better support for programming in C++, for example? (i.e. syntax color highlighting, auto indent) |
| | Its been a few days that my internet explorer stopped working and i have no idea what went wrong. I have Windows XP. I also have Norton internet security but i did check if its firewall disabled IE's access to internet but i find out that this is not the … |
| | The default homepage on my internet explorer has been changed to go to a chinese script website upon launching. I tried changing it back the usual way via general settings tab in internet options. Unfortunately the part where supposedly change the address in greyed out. Any suggestions? |
| | Here is my problem, When I use the integrated graphics card that came with my computer, the monitor works fine. But I have a ati 9100 graphics card and whenever I install it, the monitor makes everything green colored. I noticed one of the pins is missing on the 15 … |
| | hiya i mucked with virtual pc 2004...tried out my redhat8,i was able to go online and yak it up with yahoo messenger for linux. thus i was definitely encouraged to go and load it on a seprate drive well.it wont work,the card that is.. it wont initialize.and i am seriously … |
| | Hi there, Ok - I'm running a few audio apps... some of them are quite demanding... one particular processor intensive app sucks the system resources down about 60% (Alt + Clicking on My Computer) & the display of the app goes all weird... fonts are in bold, icons don't appear. … |
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