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Display card is certainly a problem and your budget is too restrictive. I'd forego some of the games you wish to play for now and do a bit more saving. Many people are reporting that Battlefield 2 will eat up 2Gb of RAM, so 512Mb is hardly sufficient. I'd be …

You'll also find a detailed procedure for adding Windows 98 to a Windows XP system here: [url]http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/web/E6D96526AF2C872BCA256DD700280269[/url]

No, there is no way round the problem without doing a fresh install of Windows. The best approach is to purchase another hard drive. When you change motherboards, fit the new drive instead of your old one. Install Windows. Then install your programs etc, and add the original drive as …

A point not yet made here is that Windows XP Pro is not really a 'better' OS than XP Home Edition unless you have a need to connect the system to a complex network. For just about any other purpose, including operation in a simple network environment, the two are …

Hi Awais, For starters this forum section is for introductions, not for asking technical questions. For seconds, even if you post this in the appropriate forum section, no-one will help you because you're asking someone to do your homework for you! That's cheating, and everyone here knows it! If you …

I'm sorta in agreement with you. I don't believe that we should be restricted to minimalist, but I do believe that things could be made a lot more comfortable for us. I'm not one to get upset about 'feature bloat'. I kinda like it actually, and in this day and …

Please don't revive old, abandoned threads.

Moved to viruses and nasties forum section

Be mindful that the type of hardware which can be legally bound to an OEM license varies from time to time and from place to place. It does NOT always have to accompany an entire system. It simply needs to accompany a component or device. The bundled versions of Nero …

Either that or there is dust on the vanes of the fan, causing them to be out of balance. Clean them if there is.

I would recommend a 6600GT or better, and you should be able to get one quite easily for $US200

Okay! Enough of this. broad, if you click on the 'Site Management' link at left of page you'll find an entire Forum sub-section devoted to "Building an Online Community" . There are many topics in it and you would do well to read through them to get ideas about building …

It's a period in the Earth's history long ago, Coconut Monkey, when humankind first appeared. Welcome to the forum here, Chris. I enjoyed that :D

Probably more traffic between your machine and the one the file is located on. Try it at a different time and you might get a different speed again. Some downloads go at dialup speeds even, no matter how fast your connection is. Some sites get busier at some times than …

I would try reloading the a/v codecs to see if that corrects the problem. If it does, try uninstalling them again afterwards. Reloading might overwrite with uncorrupted files and stop the behaviour.

:twisted: I just typed out a lengthy post, with a wonderful story done with emoticons, and got a stupid error message because this forum has a bloody limit set on how many emoticons can be used in a post!!!! Not happy !

Which Windows version are you using please? If you are running Windows XP you shouldn't be, because that hard drive is too small!

A compressed dll file is still available for use. What, exactly, is the dll file's name? Sounds like a spyware or malware infestation to me? Have you tried booting in 'Safe mode'? If it loads to desktop in Safe mode it's most likely a net nasty you've picked up somewhere …

Step one: Ensure that Outlook is in use on all machines operated by the compnay. Outlook Express is not suitable for commercial use. Step two: Use the Help feature of Outlook to learn how to set up message rules. If necessary, you can set up a message rule which checks …

Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices. On the 'Sounds' tab, you'll find all the various sounds played by Windows for various events. Scroll down and select the one called "Start Windows". The file listed should be 'Windows XP Startup.wav'. Use the browse button to locate the Wave file you …

Care to let us know what make and model both the motherboard and the processor are? I suspect your problem might be the way you've attached the front panel connectors.

There is no such thing as a legitimate free download of Windows 95, and I'm afraid we don't permit information about warez here at Daniweb. It's a nuisance when the OS version you're after is discontinued and unsupported, but rules are rules! Topic closed.

I've moved the topic for you. In future could you please make effort to locate the correct section in which to post your problem. Cheers, and welcome to Daniweb :)

errmmmmm......... If you want to hand over money for illegitimately distributed pirated goods then fine. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole. No company details, policy statements, nothing! Tell me, when you send your money off and get nothing in return, what are you able to do about …

Hi Jay J and welcome. We ask that questions not be posted to multiple forum sections. As you've already posted the question to the correct section there's no need for it to attract answer here as well. I've edited your post to include a link to the actual topic.

Two things you need to do in preparation. The first is to use Add/Remove programs to create a startup diskette. The second is to ensure you have the CD install keycode for Window 98, as you won't be able to install it, even off the hard drive, if you don't …

Hi anastacia and welcome to Daniweb. I know I'm rather late in saying that, but then you're rather late in saying hello! :lol:

[QUOTE] RFID tags can make for a safer society. [/QUOTE] Balderdash! The misuse of technology in this way cannot lead to a 'safer' society because human nature will lead it to be misused, and implemented for purposes of control rather than to assist you.

I'll move this to the Viruses and Nasties section, because that's the only section where HijackThis logs are allowed to be posted :)

An FX5700LE is not really all that powerful in terms of the needs of modern games. More RAM will certainly assist with BF2, which is about the first game for which more than 1Gb of RAM is recommended. Most users feel that 2Gb is really required for decent performance. I'd …

Hi Pricessy, and welcome. The best tip I could give you is to suggest you read the 'Special Welcome' topic at the top of this forum section, and the 'How to do stuff' topic linked in it. Then familiarise yourself with the various forum sections and what they're for and …

Nope. Software needs to be able to access the drive. A professional data retrieval service could probbaly get it back by removing the platters and fitting them to another drive case, but it'd be awfully expensive.

Hi jmutaza. We ask that newcomers read the FAQ and relevent announcements and pinned topics in the various forum sections. We ask that newcomers also make effort to post their questions in the relevent forum section. I'll move this one for you to help get you started :)

Download it. Run it. The files will self-extract and the installation will automatically run.

The best approach to keeping the registry clean is to ensure that the computer is kept free of spyware and other intruders, and to ensure that the software installed is carefully chosen before installation, rather than added, removed or left and forgotten willy-nilly simply for the sake of it.

Check to see if your PC has a folder called \Windows\Options\Cabs which contains the windows installation files. If so, browse to that folder when you are asked for the CD. If you've installed IE6 SP1 from a different CD (magazine cover disk perhaps?) pop that in the drive and browse …

You should not need to change the jumpers on that motherboard. According to the manual it should autodetect the correct settings for the processor you fit.

Uninstall the Compaq keyboard software.

Hiya GlueFist. With a bit of luck you'll not be a maiden much longer :)

Hi senexom. Enjoy your time here :D

Hiya Jason. Glad to have you here :)

Why on earth would you have security software and configure it NOT to update itself?

I would avoid name brand PCs if gaming is the goal. Purchasing locally assembled systems can get you much more machine for the same price.

Reset CMOS. Try again.

For starters you can't put XP on a drive in one PC, then put the drive in another PC. XP won't boot if you do that. Before you go jumping to conclusions, check BIOS setup in your PC and ensure that it is set to boot from hard drive.

Hi, I've split this post off into its own topic, as it was not directly related to the topic in which it was posted. Your contention is based upon flawed reasoning. That's understandable, because a lot of people follow the same flawed reasoning. They contend that Linux is 'safe' because …

For starters, running those monitors at 160Hz is too high, and I'm surprised they never generated an "Out of range" error. Take the monitor(s) to a technician. A TV repair shop would be quite OK. Whilst most CRT monitors have adjustment for focus (blur) it is an internal adjustment, and …

Perhaps you could check the video options for the games and check that they are not setting display resolution and screen refresh rate which is beyond the native settings for your laptop's display screen.

Hiya Anti-Smiley and welcome. You'll not need to ever understand 'all those links' I'm sure. Just worry about the forum sections of interest to you, read the announcements and stickied topics in them, and you'll be fine :D

Debbie, if you haven't got access to spare parts which you can swap in and out of your PC to isolate what the problem device is, then your best alternative is to drop it in to a repair shop and have a technician identify what the problem is for you. …