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I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …
I can not see the screen on this computer. I bought it used yesterday hoping to just turn it into a small home server this week but without it working I am no where. When powering I do NOT here any post beeps, and I even took out the ram …
I have a duel 1 ghz G4, and am running os 10.3.2. When i put my computer to sleep after extended uptime (usually 4 hours +) the sysem crashes after bringin it out of sleep. I have gathered that it might be a power management problem. WHat can i do …
I have received a comprehensive report from above, and I would like to have it interpreted by some generous soul! Not sure how to forward the information, but would appreciate any help that is available. Thanks.
Hi All Please i need help with a simple network software, i will prefer if its built original cos most of the ones out there dont do exactly what i want, i need a network software that can do the following 1. add systems through wireless tech. thereby creating a …
Hi Folks, I've added two pictures of my set-up. It's a XPS 8000 with a BLU-LED LCD Samsung BX2450 Monitor. The only problem with the PC is the low powered power-supply and cheap graphics card. To be precise, 350W PSU and a weak 512MB ATI HD 4350 Graphics Card. Do …
Hello. I'm running on Snow Leopard 10.6.6 Would some one be able to answer a question please in detail. I'm interested in backing up my computer. Am i right in assuming I use the "Time Machine" in conjunction with a external hard drive. Am I right in thinking the Apple …
HI, I've just installed Ubuntu Linux on my Packard Bell i3 PC which is great, except that now I have to develop stuff in Java [Android, no groans please]. I've used and developed in Linux a long time ago, but I can't seem top find anything that can open and …
Well, I have used TortoiseSVN a lot previously in Windows XP, and in previous years, it has always been working well and the context menu never had a problem etc. (Btw, for those that dont know I am talking about the right click menu). Either ways, in Windows 7, I …
I've recently bought an android phone called Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade). its currently on android 2.1, and i was wondering if there ia an update available for it to go to 2.2 or 2.3, and if so how do i do it? I dont want to root it, so …
I'm new on this forum and I don't know if I post it at the correct thread or topic but just want to know if my system is infected of virus or is there any software running in my computer that is harmful to my computer. I was attack by …
I have a T23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop with 512mb RAM and a 1.13ghz processor. just today(11-5-07), this morning, it was working fine. The most recent things i had downloaded were a few music files(.mp3) and i had installed updates with THinkvantage's System Update. (I had yet to reboot my computer …
Hi, I have visual basic 6 program which loading and saving a big .bmp file. This is the bizarre thing: It runs okay (although slow) in windows xp with Intel Pentium 1.5 Ghz processor and 512 Mb of RAM. So, logically it will run okay and faster in windows xp …
I am encountering a problem when there is no sound coming from my mac when i am using the earpeices. Without the ear pieces, i am able to hear sounds. But when at the libray, we are suppost to keep our noise level down so i use my earpiece to …
Is there a way to celar safari history securely so that it can't be recover by anyone. Besides reseting safari and deleting the list of site in Marcomedia. Is there any other way to remove caches, search result and cookies?
I can mount these raids I created in Suse 11 with: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/dr1 mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dr2 but when I reboot the mount is gone. I have edited fstab with: /dev/sda1 /mnt/dr1 mount defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dr2 mount defaults 0 0 and this doesn't work either. Can anyone point …
So i have a video that i want to convert, so my PS3 can read it. It is an mp4 that i wish to convert for the PS3, so a possible output would be to an avi or divx file. However some of the converters i have tried take up …
I tried to install Windows 7 SP1 RC2 and I can not find the backup files in add remove programs. I am reading that I may have to do a custom install which means all off my 39 software programs again. XP was easier. what a mistake Microsoft made not …
Hey, i own a dell inspiron 1545, and all of a sudden the wireless has stopped working... It was working fine no more then three days ago.. now i turn the wireless on and an error message comes up saying -- Bluetooth stack COM has stopped working. I'm unaware of …
When I load my system it comes up to load and just before it loads is goes to 'Boot Manager' and asks which OS I would like to start the thing is I only have Win 7. I would like to stop it showing the boot manager and just load …
Upon turning on my Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 OS I get the following error. "Stop: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000022 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down." Since then the system will not start in any …
hey . ok how can i copy files to my flash using commands in linux ??
Please help Toshiba P300 series when starting all I can get it to do is go to windows boot manager or advanced boot options but no further? power light is orange even when off cannot use my restore discs any ideas please
Hello Anyone can pls suggest some tools which can help with capture of screenshots and create quick help tutorials from them, like allow me to select which part of my webpage I want to capture from my browser, and from there allows addition of texts to the captured part and …
hello i am using firefox browser..and my browser do not support any indian language..i want to write email in punjabi...also in facebook or orkut..but my browser not supporting this language..plz guide me wht can i do..i found frm internet dat if i downloaded lipikar then i will be able to …
Hello Am thinking of upgrading my windows 7 home basic to another version, and would like to know if whether in doing so I will need to get a new license, and also how to proceed with the upgrade process?
Hi I have 2 pcs running Win 7 and connected with a switch. I also have another pc with XP (connected through a router to the switch mentioned). File sharing used to work fine, until not long ago when i tried sharing another drive on the network (from a Win …
[ATTACH]14834[/ATTACH] This is the temps of my computer (the green line up there is the gpu) after about five minutes of crysis at medium settings no aa res: 1024x768 , i have a nVidia GEforce gt220 and i noticed that it has no fan at all, first when i bought …
Hey Guys, I have a large music collection and was irritated by the 64GB limitation on my itouch, UNTIL I found Subsonic [url]http://www.subsonic.org[/url]. Now my ENTIRE library is available to me via the internet or my phone, with no size limitation! I will repeat NO SIZE LIMITATION, I have heard …
Hello, I run chkdsk once in a while and some times I get this message Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 286. (The file record segment is random though) This only started to happen after a power outage-- my computer blue screened and wouldn't start. I …
Hello! I have an Intel Pentium 4 (I think) 2.6 Ghz processor and it has the Hyper-Threading option in the system's bios. I am worried about some electro-migration I read about if I were to Hyper-Thread it. It's code name is (I think) "Northwood" I want to know if it …
Hello Everyone, Actually i have customized XP setup alot my OS with nlite. But recently i have seen an other customized xp. I have also contacted its creators for further info but they haven't shown any response. Can Anyone Here tell me how to customize XP installation like this. Screenshots …
Hello Sorry if I've posted in the wrong forum, but I wanted to know if it is possible to create a new pdf document directly from Acrobat X Pro, without having to first create in MS Word or any other apps then convert to pdf? If so, then what are …
I was trying to host a website only on my lan using IIS on my windows 7 computer.I was able to open it from my own machine but not anyother machine on the network .I am using linksys wirless router at home to connect to computer,ffrom this i'm even able …
Hello to all, I am using Windows 7 x64 and I require an immediate help on how to set hardware acceleration to full in this operating system. I've tried google but no result was appropriate and I came to know that I need to go to the "Change Settings" under …
Well I'm trying to connect my xbox to my pc it's been connected to my pc for about four years but now I recently moved and now for some reason my pc decides it doesn't want to connect to my xbox it reconizes that it's hooked up and it tries …
Hello, About 2 weeks ago I got a pop up that appeared to be a Windows update, but upon completion, all I saw was one of those aggressive programs that says you have infections but there wasn't any when I ran my antivirus program. I ran AVG, Malwarebytes and Hijackthis …
My Windows 2000 computer detected a severe virus and I was afraid that my entire computer would crash so I panicked and stupidly deleted the entire administrative user account without thinking about my files nor backing them up. I was more concerned with my installed expensive software being affected. Now …
For some reason I was looking for hackers to do some legal ethical hacking jobs.Someone recommended me this site <SNIP> they are hardcore hackers and I have heard good things about them,but the question is; how safe is to hire hackers?They will know everything about the network and it could …
Hi there. Every so often i will be running a few programs and at some point, not every time, but quite often the both of my CPUS will max out and my fan will get loud most likely to try and cool down my comp. When this happens i close …
Hi I have a Mac Tower beige O/S Tiger 10.4.11. The hard drive has given up. Can I use an external drive or do I have to try and replace the old drive. I know this is an old Computer put I don’t want to junk it. Thanks Norm.
hi Does anyone know how to create a website besides using google account to create. I have already create a website using my google account but can i publish my website as my google website the link is very long and hardly anyone will view it. Is there any way …
Hello I've seen/used online photo to cartoon generators/converters, however I want to know if more powerful tools are available to install instead on Windows XP/7? Also any 3D tools available to create 3D characters(not letters but 3D models) for images?
I currently use Outlook Express for my email. I am trying to set up Microsoft Outlook. Everytime I click on it I get this: Unable to open your default email folders-could not open the item. try again. How do I set up an account. Maybe that is my problem.
hi everyone I'm using ubuntu and i was wondering if there's a way to do print screen like in windows ?
Hello I have a server 2003 R2 where i have a number of shared folders. The shares work pretty fine depending on the users rights. The problem is for the users that has modifying rights, they can do just about anything but as soon as they want to execute a …
My Hp Lapton wont turn on at all. i took out the battery had it plug right to the AC and nothing, just can see a little light blinking next to the AC jack. that is all.
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