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Have you changed any hardware recently? You may have used the wrong cables or not plugged in some.

What GFX card have you got? Or do you run your monitor with Motherboard GFX (Port for monitor on theMotherboard not an expansion card)?

Check for dust/dirt around the laser and indeed as sillycliff says check for scratches on the disc itself. Just to ask the obvious, are you accedentally putting the DVD into the CD drive? Also check on the back of the game what speed your DVD/CD drive needs to be at. …

It takes over a minute to post things often, even on threads which have no one else on them. Anyone else getting this problem, or is this due to the large number of users or something

Use another media player! If iTunes is giving you constant grief switch to a different media player. OR if you wish to keep iTunes, goto file-> add folder to library. Select the folder that has all the music in it, and do it that way.

Faulty RAM? Check with them that they have 1. The correct type of RAM 2. The RAM is properly seated 3. No muck on the contacts 4. They have enough of it! Try them first.

Have you tried putting a new battery into the motherboard. Otherwise if your motherboard is damaged in any way, you will have to replace the entire unit, and then buy new components to comply with that motherboard.

I like WMP11 personally, there isn't much difference between them. As long as they play the music/CD's/DVD's in a good quality, that is about all you need. I wouldn't get iTunes/Quicktime player, i find it has slightly worse sounds and video quality compared to WMP. But that's just my opinion.

They just want you to spend more money with them, and not the competition! If you have the correct hardware and software, there is no reason why it shouldn't work. Go for whatever option suits you and your needs/requirements.

Go into Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Wait for the long list to load, and find the panda program on there. Then click on it once to bring up further options. Then click on the remove button, and follow the straight forward wizard.

Well have you looked that you are putting the correct plug into the correct socket. They can both fit each hole so check you are putting them into the right port first of all. If you are puttin them into the right ports, then check for dust and foreign objects …

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Have you got all of the power cables from your PSU (Power Supply Unit) connected correctly. One of them may be loose so cehck all of the connections inside of your machine.

Try the long way: Control Panel => Add Hardware => Follow all the instructions shown in the wizard. If this doesn't help, come back to us.

Have you checked that one of the backlight bulbs hasn't blown or has stopped working. Try to run it onto an external monitor, just to check that you can see the whole screen, then we can rule out any problem with the actual computer and limit it down to the …

Have you changed any RAM, gfx cards, or your PSU recently? What were you running at the time of the BSOD?

Does your PSU (power supply) start to make a noise, or does it not do anything when you press the power button? Also check that all of your cables inside of your machine are connected where they should be. One may have come loose and so your computer doesn't boot. …

Is it Blue screening during when you see the error message? What were you running when this happened?

Welcome, and yes you have posted it in the right place. If you are currently running Windows XP 1Gb is ample, if you are running Windows Vista, which i am guessing you are, 2Gb of RAM is a worthwhile upgrade. If you download and run the following software: [url]http://crucial.com/systemscanner/loader.aspx?Agree=Yes[/url] Then …

This problem seems bad, as a last resort seeif you can reformat your HDD. As a last resort though.

You should align them in ther respective pairs; 1Gb - 1Gb - 512Mb - 512Mb OR 512Mb - 512Mb - 1Gb - 1Gb As long as they are in pairs.

-5V is just another voltage path for the current to go down to. It is purly for the the components within the computer that require a negative current, such as Microchips. There are the main supply voltages which are -5V , 0V and 5V for general use for the components …

According to my dad, who uses lotus notes atm, he would rather have outlook anyday of the week! He thinks lotus notes is a useless waste of space, i do as well when i used it on his comp recently, so fiddly compared to the easyness of Outlook. Go for …

Have you checked the connection between the actual button, and the connecter behind it? Might be worth a check. Also run an anti-virus/anti-spyware scan just to check for any nasties.

What you could try, is to download the free version of AVG anti-virus, run their scan to see if you get anything, if AVG won't find it not much else will! You can find it here: [URL]http://free.grisoft.com[/URL] Download the free version, install it and run their system scan. Otherwise you …

i like the irc chat thing when people are actualy on it! lol

It is highly unlikely that there are other creatures living out in the huge universe. there are not enough 'perfect' planets orbiting the right distance from a star to support water let alone life. I a physics buff ~ my kind of subject is space;)

How much RAM do you have? As fren said, you may have a faulty stick, or you may not have enough.

I don't mind Norton, but it eats RAM up like it were candy... Best not buy that... but i do like it,i have ample RAM so it can eat up what it likes :P

Sweet launching rockets sounds fun I will be a radio Dj soon i hope :)

Run an anti-virus / anti-spyware scan to de-clutter your computer of any nasties. Run a disc defragmentation to slightly speed up your computer, this will take between 4 -> 8 hours to complete and don't run any other programs while it is working. Also install the latest drivers for the …

What recording software are you using? Try finding one called Audacity, very good at recording and it is shareware, so it costs you nothing.

Are you sure that it is the correct type of RAM? Also check to see that they are properly seated into the ports, also check that the contacts are not smudged, use a pencil eraser to whip off any muck which may hinder the contacts.

Has he had a virus/Spyware infection recently? If so that may be causing his problems, tell him to run a scan using whatever anti-virus software he has.

How much space are you using on it at the moment? Out of how much? Also try a disk cleanup -> Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup. May help clog out your PC.

How much RAM has your computer got? Also what are your machine specs please.

Do you get BSOD's ? (Blue Screen of Death)

Thaks for that bennet... Everyone round my place, that gunna be hard Lakeside could do it don't you think?

Are you connecting it through a graphics card, or through the motherboard VGA slot?

You could find the software by trailing through your HDD, and delete the folder relating to it. My Computer -> HDD (usually C: ) -> Program Files -> maker of the software in it's own folder. Then delete the contents of that folder, or inside the folder, look for a …

That's is weird, you should have the pink jack free for your mic. What colour are the holes that you have your speakers plugged into, you should only be using the green coloured one/s. Pink Jack relates to Microphone, Orange Jack relates to Headphones, Green Jack relates to Speakers.

17" LCD, that came with my comp when i first bought it :P Works gr8 in 1280 by 1024 resolution :)

Christina is :P No offence of course, but taking from what SOS said and explaining it to thunderstorm, most of her post count is on the posting games where you can get an insane amount of posts very quickly. I mean she joined a month before me and has 6000 …

My parents know nothing of computers, any errors and they scream for me, so i have to drop everything to sort out Word whinning about putting a box in the wrong place :D It's all gd though, i learn something if a new error occurs.

What screen saver settings have you got up and running, do you leave it for a minute and it turns itself off? If so check the power management settings, left click on desktop then properties then screen saver tab, then power management.

Wow that is weird....

If you haven't run a disk cleanup recently, run one!

check what your system has at present through cruical techs site, it scans your system to tell you what memory you have, and what you can upgrade it to: [URL="http://www.crucial.com"]www.crucial.com[/URL][URL="http://www.crucial.co.uk"][/URL]

Have you got all of the speakers set up correctly? They come with a cable with a green end which plugs into the Out port on the motherboard, check you have it in the green hole and not the blue one.

I am gunna do better next time for sure, but it was harsh with my first game against Jocamps who has become a dark horse along with quintoncoert.