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 | [QUOTE=jeffypoo]my problem goes like this, and maybe one of you guys can help me. i have a dell inspirion 1150, thats about a year old. i have service pack two and all of that and for a wireless i dont have the dell default i got a us robotics wireless … |
| | Wait a sec...does the list of drivers being loaded display on screen? If this is true, your system is starting up in safe mode. When doing this, after loading some drivers, the system does appear as though nothing is happening, while it is. Don't worry. Let the boot process continue. …  |
 | I have a nagging feeling that when Vista ships, the requirements will be higher. For example, I'm pretty sure that an onboard vid card will [I]not[/I] run the aero interface. Also, I somehow feel that 1 gig ram will be the bare minimum for Vista. Just my two cents.  |
 | I know I haven't been around lately, but from what I've seen of Narue, she's one hell of a moderator. I say she should be allowed to stay on. Shouldn't break up a family, now should we? Count me in...  |
| | I would recommend a clean install. From what I've seen, Vista can get cranky during an upgrade. Problems can range from slow performance to a corrupt OS. |
 | Re: Dual Boot That is true. You can't go from XP Pro to Premium as an upgrade. The upgrade options are XP Home --> Vista Home Basic (who'd want it anyway?) XP MCE --> Vista Home Premium XP Pro --> Vista Business You can upgrade from any flavor of XP to Ultimate Edition … |
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| | [QUOTE=pradeepkumars]I am now studying in Korea. Yesterday I bought T4020 on the internet. Unfortunately the operating system and all the software are in Korean. I wanted to install the english version XP pro as off now. When I boot it form the CD and at the point when it says … |
 | Unfortunately, there IS no way of reverting to the XP style of the start menu. It's either the Vista style or Windows Classic style. |
 | Known issue with Vista. Try this: Reboot the computer into safemode with networking and login as an Administrator Open registry editor Navigate to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentUser\Profile List\ Please check for the folders that starts with S-1-.. Identify the your profile name by checking each of the S-1-.. and … |
| | WPA will work if you image the HD and use it on the same computer. If you attach this HD to a diff computer, it will not work |
| | Agreed with Chris. Seems like an issue with the MBR being corrupted. One thing with a dual boot scenario is that the older OS is installed first. Try this: Boot to the Recovery Console from the XP CD, type fixmbr, followed by fixboot C: and fixboot D: - this will … |
| | You will have this problem if you have a SATA hard drive. What you need to do is insert the disk labelled "SATA driver disk" (or something like that), and when setup asks you to "Press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver", press F6, and follow … |
 | The Scorpions  |
 | Plain Windows XP desktop. WAAAAAAAAAH....please don't hate me. I'm trying to be a non micro$haft guy. |
| | Most probably, the partition table's gone corrupt. Don't try to copy/format the drive. Just boot into recovery console using the Windows CD (or use command prompt. I prefer recovery console as I feel it gives you access to powerful diagnostic tools) and run 'chkdsk /r E:' (or whatever is the …  |
| | Is it just that particular music CD that isnt working, or do all of your CDs/DVDs not work? If it's just that particular CD, the disc itself could be bad. |
| | Re: PC Wont Start Actually, Ive had this problem happen to a friend's computer. Turned out his HD was kaput. You could try removing all non-essential devices and see if the system powers up. If it does, re-connect all devices one by one to see which device is faulty. If the computer doesn't start … |
| | If all you want is one partition on the external HD, you dont even have to delete the partition. The disk already has one NTFS partition. From theright click menu in disk management, just select the 'format' option and follow the onscreen prompts |
| | Try explaining the lipstick stains on your shirt and neck!!!!  |
| | Exactly. it's trying to install some feature/file. You need to pop the CD in when you get this message. iamthwee. Microsoft Office XP Professional with Frontpage does not mean he's trying to install Frontpage. That office suite is known by that name. |
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| | Re: Music Geeks? I'm on Dream Theater at the moment. There'Gotta lovve the music, the lyrics, the song...everything. Was on a scorpions kick before this. s |
| | You can get a higher speed RAM stick of the same kind (DDR, DDR2) etc and run it in your system with absolutely no problems. However, the RAM will run at the highest possible speed supported by your board. So, if your board suppors 333MHz tops and you install a … |
 | People who use the phrase "I told you so" when in fact they didn't.  |
| | I agree, its risky using an NTFS volume on a mac. A wrong write may destroy all data. Why? NTFS is a propriety file system, and MS has not released the details of NTFS. I'd suggest you put your NTFS HDD on a shared machine and copy the data to … |
| | [QUOTE=ColMac12] I have now installed windows on a different hard disk and have set the original as a slave, i can now access the drive, but can't retrieve all my documents, because being security concious i set some folders private, is there anyway i can get around this? also i … |
| | Yup, and if there's something specific you need help with, get back and we'll be glad to help you out. |
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 | Battle Zone Half Life Doom3 Unreal Tournament Mortal Kombat (Sega Genesis) <--lol..sexiest game ever :p  |
| | Yeah, I used Vista build 5308 (Feb 06). Seemed pretty cool, but there are still quite a bit of bugs. On my system (Athlon 64 2800+, nForce4, 1 Gig, 120 Gig, FX5200 with 128 MB), it seemed fine at firs, but then got sluggish. |
| | Re: Computer freezes Nizzy has some valid points. Check the CPU temp in the BIOS. Also, a good SMPS is crucial to running a powerful system like yours. You need an SMPS rated atleast at 450W with a minimum of 17Amos on the 12V rail. |
| | Agreed with Comodore. I had a very bad opinion of Vista. I was running it on an Athlon 64 2800+ with !Gig RAM and a 7300GT card w/ 256MB. The system crawled while XP flew. However, I just got a new system with a Core2Duo E6550, 4Gigs RAM and the … |
| | Also, make sure you have installed the correct chipset drivers.  |
 | Your problem and it's description are unclear. Could you please start from the beginning and explain what the problem is in detail? |
 | Just spoke to a Dell rep and I was informed that XP is available (after a lot of time convincing him I do NOT want Vista on my laptop - got my desktop with Vista). This ofcourse, is Dell India. I checked the US site and they do have XP … |
| | Hi all My IP is of the non routable types, 10.40.100.xxx. It's a static IP. I'm using IIS to host a website. However, my IP being the non routable type, I cant get others to access my machine by typing the IP in the address bar ([url]http://10.40.100.xxx[/url]) and my ISP's … |
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| | Can you hear the BIOS beep? If no, check all your connections, specifically the CPU, RAM and display. If it does beep, does it give a quick, short single beep, or a long/repeating beep? If it's the latter, check your motherboard's manual to see what the beep you hear signifies … |
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| | Well, I just got my hands on a new Vista box and I've setup an internal portal. However, I'm not able to find the IIS logs. Any idea where I can find them? The system32\logfiles folder does not have them, neither does the Event Viewer. Am I missing something here? |
| | I concur with Chris. If indeed you have the same problem in Safe Mode, you're left with little choice except for a reinstall. However, one thing I can suggest is to check to see if there were any Windows Updates installed around the time the problem started. If yes, try … |
 | [QUOTE=~s.o.s~;385477]> Yes, Praise God. That's incredible. Yes, praise the wheelchair.[/QUOTE] Heh. Good one. |
| | Easy way to see if that indeed is the problem. Try copying all files from the Office CD to the hard drive. If it fails, it's a bad disk. If it passes, you have a different problems, probably a corrupt Windows Installer or faulty memory.  |
| | Can you start the system in Safe Mode? I'm guessing the overheating [i]may[/i] have fried the graphics card. If you can get to safe mode, uninstall the GFX drivers and reboot normally. If it starts normally, reinstall drivers and see what happens. Revert back with the results. |
| | Any idea what codec these files use? DivX, XviD? Try installing these codecs on the other machine and then try playing the files. |
 | Did you try disk management? Right click "My Computer" and choose manage. On the left side of Computer Management, click Disk Management and see if your USB drive is listed without a drive letter. If it is, right click there, choose Add and add a drive letter. See if this … |
 | Re: Desktop Icons ...also use a utility like TweakXP and the like and see if the location of the favorites folder has inadvertently been changed to the desktop or not. |
| | Agreed with the form factor part. Also agree with the fact that this looks like an ACPI/APM issue. Tha manufacturer's site is a good option. Also, depending on the chipset (GeForce, G33 etc) you can get chipset drivers from nVidia or Intel too. |
| | Never cheated on an exam. I've had ppl come to me and ask me answers during the exam. I just give them with a dirty look and turn away. No way others are gonna reap the fruits of my labor.  |
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