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Hardware-wise: RAM is the most important plus, it's the simplest upgrade you can perform that in some cases is just as good as a processor upgrade Software-wise: Disk defragmenter Use programs such as TweakXP or registry hacks to speed up the NTFS file system

Inside Internet Explorer, click on the Tools menu. Then click Internet Options. Under the General tab, where it shows Temporary Internet Files, click the button to delete the files.

This may also be a video card problem. Definitely check to make sure your RAM is all snug in the motherboard, as well.

Please let us know the model of the Compaq machine.

I've never heard of this virus/trojan, but it's advised to also search through the registry to find any references to it.

I've never heard of this before. Windows 98 I take it? Win 9x is a 32-bit OS which, I believe, can handle 16-bit emulation to run old DOS programs.

What version did you upgrade from? 10.2.6? Or something lower ... ?? Basically it's telling you that it can't start the bash (I think sh is bash?) shell. Have you tried going into the Disk Utility and correcting permissions for your system partition?

Considering the Internet and e-mail work, that means that your wireless connection is, indeed, working. What you need to do now is set up file sharing. To do this, you will need to know a few things about the network? Is it part of a domain? What is the name …

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?

Congrats. I too have my Windows XP and Panther machines talking to each other.

I'd like to apologize for the site being down the last hour to two today. There were some server difficulties. My web host needed to restart the server twice. I'm still investigating what is going wrong. - Dani

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Not guilty! I always su to root whenever I absolutely need to.

Hey there. Thanks for the info. If you want even more info about using apt-get in RedHat 8, check out this thread: [thread]378[/thread]

Let's say you visit the webpage and then get all these page cannot be displayed errors. Can you still use other Internet applications or is your net connection cut off completely?

If you're dual botting, you have to install the operating systems in order of their age. For example, the first step is to partition your hard drive. Then install Windows Me on one partition. Then install Windows XP on a second partition as normal. Doing this should automatically set up …

Aww, that sucks. But it's almost Christmas break. In any case, if it makes you feel any better, I hate school too! :P

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)

My personal experience is that Norton is flaky even when disabled. In all seriousness, I have disabled Norton Internet Security / Norton Personal Firewall and it has still blocked stuff ... until I removed it from loading in the registry altogether. I haven't used the proggie since. :(

I might've missed it, gymbo, but what video card are you using? Ahh, nevermind, an Nvidida Geforce 4 Ti? Are you using the absolute latest drivers? They're not called Detonators anymore - I forget what they're called now, the 5x.xx series.

Well, you could have a regular ol' function named template. i.e. [b][i]int template(char letter)[/i][/b] or [b][i]void template()[/i][/b] or any other combination you could have for a function. There's also a C++ thingie called templates, where you would do something such as Template<T> or something along those lines. (I've never learned/used …

AMD Athlon XP's run at a slower clockrate than their model number suggests - rather, it's meant to be a comparason to Intel's processors. In any case, if you have a 2200+ then it should run at 1.8ghz, and it's perfectly fine for your computer properties to read 1.79ghz. However, …

Doesn't anyone use 9x anymore? I actually still use 98se on my 650mhz sony vaio laptop Surprised no one has posted about these OS's yet So I decided I'd be the first

As far as I know, there's no way to permanently disable IE being as it's fully integrated into the Windows Explorer. However, if Opera is set at your default browser, there's no reason that IE should be opening up via AIM, etc. Some programs aren't nice in that they don't …

Happy Turkey Day everyone!!

What proxy server is used? I guess what I'm asking is what type of login box appears? Check Internet Explorer preferences and check to remember logins and passwords.

First of all, was there enough space on the drive for a 500 mb file? Second of all, does it run flawlessly with smaller files? Are you using the latest version of Samba? Samba really wasn't meant to handle such large files. I have done it every so often, but …

First thing's first. When you get to the Need for Speed demo page on download.com, use the Download Now link and not the Fast Download link which uses download.com's download manager. It's a really large file - over 200 mb! - so I would just leave it be on your …

What video card? What OS?

I have no experience with Exchange. However, I found the following website: [url="http://www.exclaimer.co.uk/"]http://www.exclaimer.co.uk/[/url] One of the features is the following: [b]Disclaimers[/b] Enabling this feature allows text and images to be added to all or selected mail. This process occurs when the mail reaches the mailserver after having left the mail …

I'm an LCD fan (over CRT) but I agree, laptop LCDs aren't really that great that they're worth preserving.

Moving this out of Geek's Lounge into the Windows 2000/XP forum. Let me know if it really belongs in the Win 9x forum.

I think you mean 3.06 ghz, not 3.6 ghz. The fastest processor Intel currently makes is 3.2 ghz. Of course, the Intel Pentium 4 processor is a 32-bit processor just like just every processor up until now. Apple just released the first 64-bit personal computer a few months ago - …

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Check out [url="http://www.dvdrhelp.com"]http://www.dvdrhelp.com[/url] ... they're a great site for DVD decrypting. However, this sorta stuff really extends our limits of what's legally allowed to be talked about here ;)

Strange, I never had this problem.

I am using a LinkSys 8 port router with a Motorola SB4100 Surfboard ;) So here's what you do. Three things come out of the cable modem: First is power which connects to a wall outlet. Second is coaxial cable (I think that's what it's called) which connects to your …

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The Google toolbar for IE has a really good built-in popup blocker. That's what I use. Other web browsers (i.e. Mozilla) include popup blockers as well, I believe. Adaware seems to be the program everyone uses to catch spyware. I never tried it myself.

You say that it gives this problem under multiple environments? What do you mean by that? Has the system ever ran Linux? Win2000, WinXP, etc etc? A lot of times problems with random restarts are either related to bad memory (RAM) or the video card drivers. (I've experienced this due …

I'm in panther and I think it worked the same way in Jaguar. I don't know about earlier versions of OS X. But just go to system preferences and then to Energy Saver. Click on Schedule. Set up a time to start up the computer or shut down the computer. …

I would say that the difference is definitely worth it. Hyper-threading technology allows the processor to execute two commands at once, instead of just one, theoretically *acting* as a dual-processor system (although it's not nearly as good as a real dual-processor system, but definitely gonna be good when programs start …

The forum layout was just redesigned. I decided to separate the Web Development section into a category of its own, separate from the Application Programming languages. There are no new forums and no threads moved. This only affects the hierarchy of forums and subforums as far as layout is concerned. …

Download a program such as Adaware to remove spyware off of your machine.

I had a GigaByte board with my AMD machine. No complaints about it but I wasn't exactly thrilled with it either. It was just "okay". Then I got a P4 with an Asus motherboard and I've never been happier. Since then I will only buy from Asus. :)

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It's automatically detected provided your motherboard supports that size. For example, most older motherboards don't support drives over 80gigs - and some do only wirth a firmware upgrade. Also, make sure you set the drive's jumper settings according to the manual.

Are you behind a proxy server (i.e. at work/school)? Are you using a 3rd-party firewall program? (What about Windows XP's built-in firewall, if you're using WinXP?) Aside from Outlook, are there any other Internet programs you have installed that work/don't work? (i.e. AIM, ICQ, etc?)

Contrast ratio is the measurement of the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black. The highest the contrast ratio, the better the color representation. Rather, you want to be concerned with dot pitch on a CRT monitor and with resolution on an LCD monitor. You …

What program does he use to burn CDs? Roxio? Nero? This happens with all cds? Has he tried just uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it again? Does he have a problem reading CDs/CD-Rs from the drive? (If no, it is most likely the software he's using and not a …