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 | Most cards these days are PCi Express or AGP Your machine most likely has AGP. As a [B]general rule only[/B] AGP slots are brown, and there is usually only one of them. You wont be able to run a good card without upgrading your power supply though  |
 | The orange fanta in mcdonalds still exists and Milkyway and Milkybar still exist, at least in my country |
| | Re: oh no hit f8 repeatedly as soon as it powers on - you should get to a menu. "Choose last known hood configuration" and if that doesnt work try "safe mode" |
| | you can pass SQL, DDL, DML, DCL queries from VB using datasets  |
 | yeah you can get ubuntu to either shrink the xp partition, or take over the whole disk. It can all be done from the ubuntu cd. The problem of it complaining that the cd is older is because the cd is probably sp1 or the original xp, and the installed … |
| | It means you are not connected to the internet, the internet isnt configured properley, or your firewall is blocking it. You should be able to activate by Phone (i think you can do it by SMS text too). You can do this in XP. Dont know about vista. |
| | ping google type the IP adress into internet explorer if that works then it means the problem is with your DNS setup. |
| | bad powe supply, ram or video card i think you mean the light on the motherboard? thats meant to stay on - the psu keeps residual power |
| | yes, is he getting "access denied" on his my documents? thats because of permissions. He probably made his account private when he put a password on it using XP which means that vista cant get at those files. There are ways to get at them though, i think.  |
| | Grab a copy of Ubuntu "gusty gubbon". Its only one CD and you can run it straight off the CD to try it out before installing. If you dont want to download (e.g you have dialup) then you can order one for cheap. Ubuntu is designed for first time linux …  |
| | yeah sounds like it damaged the IDE controller on the motherboard  |
| | Re: 2.4.22-14-rt dont know but if theres any problems you can always just select your normal kernel from GRUB |
| | it sounds like a dead/corrupted hard disk, try reinstalling windows (if it lets you) - you will probably lose all your stuff |
| | Re: mike1951 control panel -> (classic view) -> network connections right click on the network card and choose properties. Select TCP/IP from the list and choose properties. Make sure everything is set to DHCP then reboot. |
 | What models? Are you prepared to ship PARTS (not the whole thing) to the UK? I have an old compaq proliant 1600 (pentium 2 model) that needs new disks. |
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| | NT4? When the pc stats up hit F8 repeatedly until you get to a menu and choose "safe mode". |
| | You got enough power? that cards needs quite a lot of juice |
| | yeah try and blow the dust out of the fans its possible however that it could have overheated to such an extent that it caused permenant damage to the components |
| | go to this site and either let it scan your PC, or choose your make and model from a list. It will tell you what ram you need, how much your pc can take, how much it has already, and whether it needs to be installed in pairs. You can …  |
 | I am at about the same level but with VB. Some things i did: System tray applet using the web services feature available in visual studdio express which can tell the user the weather for thier area etc... Word processor A program to display on a pie chart which directories …  |
| | XP pro? If local security policy is in effect your network admin may have disabled it |
| | All XP retail Cds are the IDENTICAL. The only ones that arent are some OEM ones - they have the product key stored on the disk so you dont need to specify it. Download a program called Nlite. Its designed for slipstreaming (integrating service packs and drivers into a new … |
| | windows XP makes it really simple to do file and print sharing. it doesnt really need to be wifi though. My old pc sits under the stairs with USb disk drives and a printer attatched to it and then it connects to my wireless router by ethernet cable. |
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| | welcome! i like helping people in the dead machines and windows xp forums but im not a proper techie, i have learnt everything from just helping people and trying things out myself :) i feel good if i can help someone with thier computer problems |
| | valid copy of xp home gold edition (full, not upgrade) for £150 |
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 | yes, Where are you based? I live in england and we can get things where you get a case, motherboard, cpu, ram , psu and cooling. [url]http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html[/url] If you have an OS installed on a hard disk and put the hard disk in a different PC it will NOT work. … |
| | you mean make it get an IP automatically instead of assign one? Right click on the network connection -> properties -> properties of TCP/IP -> choose assign an adress automatically |
| | windows doesnt like USB booting. Why not run in Virtual PC? IF your college has MSDN or MS AA, you can dowload .vhd vms of server 2003 etc... |
| | I know such a thing exists for a joystick. I set up something using one for a disabled friend |
| | Re: windows 98 help You [B]cannot[/B] upgrade windows 98 to windows 2000 pro, you can only upgrade it to Millenium Edition or XP Home |
| | use this tool [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301[/url] if AVP2 is listed, remove it. The tool helped me install office 2007 (i had the beta version then unistalled it and tried to install the final one but it said it was already installed) |
| | In terms of permissions, it shoulkd be fine. I recently replaced my ome Nt4 server with Samba and my client dont notice the difference |
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| | Is the disk SP1 or Sp2? You can use Nlite to slipstream in the service packs or drivers and make a new windows cd  |
| | it could be either a bad motherboard, overheating or a bad driver/spyware |
| | yes, you need to put the cd before the hard disk in the BIOS boot order windows ME and up can boot from the CD provided your drive supports it (nearly all post 2000 pcs do) Dont use a DOS disk with NT based systems like XP. It wont work. … |
| | Re: Dead Emachine I thaught Emachines were like dells - they needed custom PSUs and Front panel connectors? |
| | rename hijackthis.exe to something else and run it again. Some spywares hide from its name  |
| | Ignore this post. Im just posting to get notifications on reply.  |
| | tha top one has 12% poor or very poor reviews. I dont reccomend it |
| | Ubuntu? Go into settings -> system -> software sources *enable all repos and refresh them* Go into add/remove programs in the gnome menu and install the package "ubuntu restricted extras" Then open up Synaptic and install the Gstreamer codecs. Install flash through Synaptic. Its named something like "flashplugin-nonfree". Java is … |
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| | Re: linux there is very few and NONE have ever been successful (every single one of them depends on a dumb user running the malicious code as the root user) |
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