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mine says windows is shuting down and stuff but I have to hit the power button it's like with windows 95 and 98 it says "it's now safe to turn off your computer"

I just got one in for repair. Man, that was the worst machine I have ever worked on what a pain. The one I recieved for repair has a high-pitch power supply whine and clicks every now and then. E-machines put cheap power supplys in their computers. Try puting in …

5 and 1/2 years old sounds like it could be a pentium 2 possibly a pentium 3. I have no experience with AMD so if its AMD i'm not sure what it would be. But depending on much RAM (random access memory) and hard drive space you have I'd go …

I have an ATI 3D rage II+dvd video/tv tuner card. I think it's and older card but its ok for what I need it for does any one know where I can get the program to view TV through it. I don't need the driver windows 2000 pro finds it. …

I'm not sure if this is the right spot to put this. I was wondering how would you create and operating system like linux or windows or novell. What programs would you use. I've always wondered how it was done. I would love to learn to create my own.

I had a machine that did this once I was getting ready to do a slide show for my sister's 6th grade graduation and at the time I did not have a laptop. I got up to the school with my mom and tried to boot the machine I got …

ok heres what you can try: A: pull the cover off the pc and look at all your fans and make sure no wires are being sucked in to them. B:make sure none of them have tons of dust on them. C: if there not ball bearing replace 'em broken …

i'm not sure if this in the right spot but can someone tell me What is a .torrent file? and how can you open it? thanks

Is it possible to make a very simple game with C++? any good sites to read up on how to do it? I have a program called Dev-C++. any kind of tips or code that i should know? I'm am just a noob at C++. I wish to play with …

I have never had a problem with any asus board other then the one my dad fried because he got a faulty power supply. I have been running and asus p2b-f and an asus p2b mobo and never had a problem with either. my dad is running a asus p3vx …

sounds like the processor may have been nocked out of place. Brought my computer to do a slide show once before I got a laptop and I got up there and there was no video and I couldn't figure it out. I pulled the cover off and the processor had …

is this computer one you built or bought? how old is it? if it is one you built and its not that old try pulling the cover off and make sure the cables are connected correctly the IDE cable will have a red stripe showing pin one on it. the …

Hey All, I'm working on a project. I am trying to figure out how far my G-Band Linksys router will reach. I was wondering what I would use to measure the distance. Is there any software out there? Or could I just go and use a long measuring tape and …

does anyone know how to make animated logos, pictures, or .gif files? what program do you have to use to create them?

First, Shut the computer down and unplug it from the wall. Then remove the PC's cover. Next find a free bay (under or above the cd-rom inplace now) You can have two cd-roms depending on the machine and what other drives you curently have. Open the box the drive came …

Just go to ebay and search T22 I usually get 13 pages or so of parts, accessories etc.

try checking the processor I had a PIII 450 come up with no video and I pulled the cover and my processor was lose

I am not a real big fan of HP for personal reasons and for the way their machines are built. I had an HP pavilion 7850 come in for repair. The power supply was a wopping 124 watts (sarcasim) which is bad. It got spiked during a lightning storm. A: …

I just recieved a computer from a friend. It is a PII 300mhz with 64 megs of ram, 3.2 gig hard drive. My question is how do I identify my motherboard. I have a feeling it is a very good board. It has an Award Modular Bios v4.51PG (29-may-1998), on-board …

Ok, I have a microsoft office class at school and had to make a power point. Long story short, I want to add it to my webpage so that it will automaticly play within the site when the link is clicked on. How do I go about doing this? thanks

check the power plugs on your drives. i bought a cheap case at a trade show for 27$ w/ a 300 watt psu and free case fan and the power supply was nothing but problems. the pluags wore out and I ended up buy a nice 100$ case at a …

Don't buy an HP. I personally cannot stand them. I have worked on a few of them and HP Pavilion and an HP vectra. The Pavilion had a really small power supply unit (PSU) which got hit in a lightning storm and taged out the PSU, the motherboard and the …

Hey All, Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted. Anyways, I have an HP ZV6000 series notebook PC. I received it from a friend and it had several keys missing on the keyboard and was typing funny. I decided to change the keyboard. I ordered a brand …

I found a file in apache that would allow me to change the domain name. I changed it. (IE. [url]www.example.com[/url]) but it did not work. How can I create my own host name in apache? I know this is similar to my previous post. Sorry. thanks

[QUOTE=Tekmaven]How much money do you have? Windows 2000 Server - which is an old operating system and has been replaced by Windows Server 2003. If you can afford Server 2003, then go for it - its very easy to use, and will do a better job then Linux will ever …

did you make sure to detect the 120 gig hard drive in the bios? sometimes it will automaticly find it but sometimes you have to boot the computer and before the monitor turns you press f1 delete or even on some bioses f2 this will bring you into the bios(basic …

I have an old acer computer lying around It's got a AMD K6 300 in it with 64megs of ram and a 6.5 gig hard drive. My friend showed me this really cool game called HALO by microsoft. I wanted to know how to setup a game server either on …

I think I posted a similar thread berfore. I now have a PIII 733MHz EB, 256megs of ram, 60 gigs of hard drive space and an Asus motherboard. I downloaded and installed the Halo dedicated server software from microsoft. I can install it and start it without a hitch. However, …

I am thinking about upgrading my computer. I am an Intel guy normally but I wouldn't mind trying an AMD. I also like ASUS a lot. But I would not be opposed to trying another brand. What combination of RAM( I need atleast 512), Processor (I need atleast a 2.0 …

i don't have surrond sound but i have an optimus karoke (sp?) machine it's a discontinued model. I have a sound blaster 128 bit pci sound board I also have a cable with a portable cd-player head phone plug at one and 2 others i have no idea what they …

Hey All, I purchased an HP Ipaq RX3115 from my friend for 20$, However, the screen is cracked and costs about 160$ off of ebay. I was wondering if it is possible to take the screen out of a similar model and put it in my RX3115. I was told …

What Program can I use to view my desktop from a remote computer via the internet? I am using a free program called I'm InTouch. When I log on via the internet to see my desktop It's extremly slow and the graphics are horrible. Is there a better program or …

I can't get the Tabs at the top of the taskmanager box to come they just disapeared. I went to use alt+ctrl+del and they weren't there. can someone tell why this happened and how to get them back? I'm running windows 2000 pro

Hi All, I'm messing around with different PHP scripts on my server. I can't seem to setup MySQL. I have installed and configured it. But I have now idea what to do with it. Is it like PHP where all you have to do is install it and its done? …

Hey all, Went to a local computer show with a friend. Working on building him a ccomputer. Any ways, he got hold of an HP pavilion 7850. The machine had been caught in a lightning storm and the only pieces that worked were the Processor, Ram, floppy and cd-roms. The …

I installed XP Pro on my laptop. I want to change the boot screen to a custom picture other then one that says "microsoft windows xp professional" I read a few places online how to do it. I download Resource Hacker? I am suposed to be able to modify the …

Your hard drive is definently fried. I had the exact same thing happen to my IBM T22. I got it for xmas. A few months later, the drive blew. I was lucky to get my data before I couldn't boot it at all. I called IBM and they sent me …

I don't mind Toshiba. My friend has one and the only problem he has ever had with it was an overheating issue which toshiba was more then happy to fix. I don't know if I would suggest using a laptop or tablet pc as a desktop replacement. This would put …

Ok all, I finally went and installed Linux K12tslp on my print server. Unfortunatly, I can't seem to configure it so my other computers, running Windows XP and Windows 2000 can see it on the network or to install my printer. The printer However, does print in Linux. How do …

How much computer experience do you have? When I get a laptop in my shop I usually take the hard drive out and use a special plug I have that allows me to plug the hard drive into my desktop computer and retrieve the data. Unfortunatly, If you do not …

I'm not sure if I should post here as it may be a combo of both hardware and software. But here goes, I built a new print server for my house. It's an old machine but SHOULD work fine. It currently has a PIII 450MHz processor, 256 megs of PC100, …

I just got an Emachine in to repair. It is running windows XP Home. The original complaint was she could connect to her wireless router but couldn't go online. I brought it back to the shop and tried to connect to my wired network. I can connect to the network, …

I argee also, I had a machine come into my shop for a tune up. I pulled the cover to make sure all the fans were spinning, and what-do-you-know the CPU fan wasn't spinning. I shut the machine off and cleaned the fan. I pluged it back in and it …

I bought a Cool Colors SOHO tower. It has an LCD panel up front for the temperatures of the computer etc. Every now and then it will repededitly (spell?) beep at me. The temperature sensors are hooked up to the master hard drive, VGA card and CPU. The beeping tells …

I just had the same problem the other day. I had just bought a brand new PIII 1000MHz for my machine. Before I even go to put it in the video failed. I found out it was a combo of a failing video board and mixed types of ram. All …

I am trying to install Publisher XP. Every time I click on the setup file I get an error saying that I am either running in safe mode, the windows installer is corrupt or not installed. I am running Windows XP Pro. I am not in safe mode. I have …

The administrator should be able to delete the account, reset the password and see files. Because of security reasons I can and will not post any information on hacking. Please do not PM me for it either. But the administor should be able to do the above listed things.

I read an article from the watch dog section of Maximum PC magazine and several reviews online about freeipods.com. I went to the site and to me it looks like a scam. What does everyone else think about it?

Hey all, Just bought an ASUS Socket 370 CUV4X-E Motherboard off of Ebay for 65$. Unfortunatly, my 60 gig Maxtor (cheap drive) is about 3 years old and is on its way out. I want to buy a 200 maxtor for 100$ from staples (again cheap drive but you can't …

Not sure if this is ok to post here but here goes. I have a samsung a650 with verizon wireless. The number used to be a fax line in my old house. When I moved I had it changed into a cell phone. Every now and then I get a …