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when trying to install radeon drivers i get an error that suddgest i first install standard SVGA drivers. how do i do this in windows 2000pro? i did a maunal update of drivers but i see no standard drives( like in windows98) any help is good. How do i install …

well they can be easy to fix, but do it your self. compaq dwanted to charge me over $1000 to repair a screen on a laptop. i paid 100 for the parts and did it my self. chances are the inverter electronics are bad. those are rather easy to fix. …

if u use linux or freedos, there are oh so many freeware programs of use.

yes it is annoying and spyware should be outlawed. but it will not be, at least in the US, for some time. use the adware from lavasoft to get rid of all spyware. also some pages, mainly porn and warez sites will mess with setting and introduce spyware/viruses(the line between …

i would say linux. for one it has more secuirty and uses less resources than windows. another is cost. linux is free or at most 70 US dollars. a third reason is linux is updated more often. however down sides to linux include u need a good amout of computer …

what is the game? does it require a 3d card, if so what is the minimum? what is your system specs? What OS? first check and make sure ALL drivers are up to date. chipset/AGP, sound, video and anything else. Make sure u meat the minimum requirments of the game(s) …

memtest is nice, can take some time too. however i also own the equipment that u use to test memory, but i still run memtest first. hey im lazy

well i have seen such an error before. however u may have a virus. there has been a number of nasties going around that cause such an error. do good check witha reliable virus scan program, norton usally doent work. also if u get that error in win9x then that …

i have been toying around with an old Tandy 1000TX. for those of you who dont remember, or where too young, it is a very old system. It is a 286/10Mhz, 640K ram and CGA graphics. anyway i want to know of something i can do with it. i need …

well i decided to remove linux from my laptop. so i booted up a freedos floppy and removed the linux partitons. however i also had win2000 installed and wanted to give it the space the linux was useing. here is my problem. grub was the boot loader and now it …

i am trying to instll the driver for the ATI radeon 7500M in a Dell 5100. however it gives me a sor of paradox. on install an error pops up saying something about being unable to find the display driver inf file. well duh cause i havent installed one. it …

windows or software bug. by the way what is trillian? if it is a P2P thing, napster or kazaa like. then it may have gotten a virus. also if u have used up 60 some gigs that too may be the issue. if u have downloaded that much 'junk' get …

well I install windowsXP and have found i really hate it. It has crashed more times than any other windows version i have ever used! and now outlook will not start anyway what programs are out there that can streamline XP for better running. I know alot of useless junk …

i know very little about programing. however i want to learn, even if it is basic(no pun intended) some have suddgested perl as a good place to start. So my question is, what are good resources, manuals, websites and other such things about perl programing. i use to do a …

i dont know if i have the correct drivers. I have windows 2000 installed on my compaq presario 700. everthing works but the sound card. volume control sems to work but i still get no sound. does anyone know the exact chip set of the presario 700 (version with 1.2Ghz …

it seems to be the activation issue. winXP loads up and after a minute it starts a cont down to shut down.

i have a laptop wireless card and i want to use it with linux. I am sure it is a setting as it detects everything correctly. specs 650+ d-link wireless PCMCIA suse 8.2

i am working on a dell computer that has never had sound. I went to check in the device manager but nothing shows up. i tried to use add new hardware and nothing happens. i tried reinstalling the drivers, but nothing i even updated and reinstalled direct X this isn't …

well i am at the point where i will upgrade agian. so which distro should i try this time. currently useing suse 8.2 important features support for the 64 bit CPU's (athlone64) easy to use price or avalible ISO support stablility though easy to use is starting to fade with …

i get 3 choices of file sytems when i install linux ext2 ext3 riser(spelling??) anyways what are the features of each and which is better to use, meanin most stable, supported and reliable

yep, sounds like it is just too goold of a card for the board. if it is geforce 4, redeon 9000+ or any other newer card it may not work. stuff is cheap get a new mainboard and CPU

[QUOTE=whipaway]I have seen reports that certain brands of fabric softener will help to rapidly dissipate the static charge on the CRT. Maybe those sprays that eliminate clothing static will work, too?[/QUOTE] those monitors do produce alot of static. clean it! thats all u need to do. if u got shocked …

i want to make a boot floppy for a original MAC computer (has 68k CPU. 4MB ram, 30GB SCSI hard disk) anyway i real just want to play around with it. i want boot floppy images, nothing i have to compile. openBSD boot image would be cool, but what about …

a guy at a local computer shop was telling me about a card he had ordered, rather expensive too. anyway it descriptions is bit likie nothing i have every heard about, but it dont mean no one has ever created one. he described a custom card that has the ATI …

if u live in or around western or southern ohio i have a heads up. Only 3 modems are supported for cable internet use in time waner areas, which cover at least 95% of this area. You have no choice at all of what type of modem to use. It …

well this is kinda 2 topics in 1. i had started a new cable internet account and went out and purchased a new cable modem, a real nice one. built in signal filter and all. anyways i go to use it, call up the company to register the new MAC …

well i downloaded the disk installation version. it has 3 images to make 3 install floppies. well they do work and all but installation is completely FUBAR. first off format.exe does not work when i type install it goes thru the normal it thens asks "where are the install files" …

I was working on a system this week and i cam upon something i had yet to see. a dual BIOS system. Why would u have a dual BIOS system, i have never seen or even heard of it. i guess i should also find out who made the board …

i plan to run a file server useing Linux, hey i have more luck with linux than windows. I want to know the basics of doing so. this is a home network and thus security is not a major issue of mine. What distribution should i get? i have been …

i installed my modem for dial up at my dads. however back home i still use the LAN/cable connection. now i think it made dial up the default internet connection, how do i set LAN/ cable to be default

well at it agian. once agian i have had to tell people why i cant fix it. here is the storym my brother bought a game for his new computer. game hs modest, to low end, system requirements. basicaly a 3d card, 128Mb ram, 8 meg video card and a …

in a mag i found a picture and a link to this: [url]http://www.embedded586.com/epc/ts3400-spec.php[/url] i tlooks like its a stand alone system. however what is it for exactly? who uses it? and why is it only 133Mz, or in the case of this link a intel 386/33mhz.? looks like a neat …

when i am installing office 2000 on my laptop i keep getting this error 1933: cannot update protected windows file, similar to that. well i have installed office on this same system and OS, just had to reinstalled because i used a new hard drive. I am logged in as …

i need to install some programs, mainly SDL_perl, for a few games. however how do i do this. i get the tar.gz file and within is many other perl script files. the readme says this and only this. installation ./configure make make install and nothing else. first off i am …

just wanted to know. is there any form of a command line in the MAC OS under normal install? if not has there been programs released that add a command line to it?

how do i use the LS-120 drive(imation 120MB superdisk) with linux. i can detect it by probing hardware but thats it. i am useing the USB version and suse 8.2. how can i use my drive.

well i had 2 partitions. one is windows 2000 and the other is freeDOS. well installation of the 2 Operating systems was fine. its the bootloader that screwed things up i install XOSL however i think it did something to the partitons. I recal telling it to install on the …

i am useing an imation super disk USB drive on my laptop. however it has been a bit touchy. I just reinstalled windows 2000, see my bootloader post, and all the drivers are on the super disk. normaly it is just plug and play, no drivers needed. however this time …

well i installed windows 2000 on my compaq presario 700US laptop. sadly drivers are wierd as compaq will not support 2000, just XP. so here is my question. where do i get the drivers for windows 2000? I use to know a site about this topic but have forgotten it. …

where are the nvidia RPM drivers for suse 8.2 I downloaded the run file but i cant seem to get it to work. I also dont want to have to compile stuff, i am not a programmer

who makes 100% full hardware modems anymore? this is a question because i run into many win modems, and even a few that say full hardware yet in the instructions say controllerless. full harware modems ussaly can take just a basic driver, 56k v.90 if thats what it is, regardless …

ok it seems X is really embedded into suse. Its really a dumb paradox as the driver needs to be out of x to install. and that this driver IS for suse 8.2. whoever made the thing needs their head cleaned out with a shotgun. anyway how do i completely …

i have just installed a printer on the network. the test print went fine. however other applications will not print. they give me an error about unable to print. This is wierd because the printer is detected and working. the test page went well and i have it set as …

this is a common problem. i had it on mine. many current companies are useing back handed ways to insure that u use their version of windows. some of these can be easy to defeat, with time, however many cant be. first what kind of laptop ios it chances are …

i want to downlaod one of these distrobutions. suse, redhat or mandrake. and i want it to be an image that can be burned to a cd. sorry i dont want to complie anything. however all the sites i have tried have been horrible as far as downloads. useing a …

i have been trying to get my 2 main ysstems to communicate, but cant seem to get things working. i need to do this because the system downsairs has the printer and all(no more power plugs or space up here) besides they are on the same network and share the …

i am trying to get 2 systems to talk. i want to use the printer on the computer down stairs(the win98 PC) from my main system upstairs and laptop(win2000 systesm) i have a D-link 614+ router, if that means anything. i have my network named 'home' what do i have …

though i am young i have always had a facination with computers. i find it fun to tweak and use older computers. right now i own 3 286 systems and enjoy useing some of the older programs and DOS. I had a 486 that was totaly sweet, except the hard …

in windows2000pro what is the command to choose what programs i want to start a boot. it was msconfig and is msconfig in winXP, why was this command removed in 2000 anyway??

i am backing up some software. however some of it does not like being copied. what software will alow bit per bit copy of a cd. or software than will make a perfect image of software